Overcoming People-Pleasing: No One Has Ever Erected a Statue to a Critic
by David Chadwick
How do we overcome the temptation to live as people-pleasers? First, remember that people make lousy gods. Secondly, don't worry about what people think about you. They are too busy thinking about themselves.
And today - remember that no one has ever erected a statue to a critic.
Statues have typically been erected to people who have carried significant roles in history. To heroes. To champions of good and moral living. Not to critics. Not to people who were constantly scorning and nitpicking those around them.
Take Noah for example. God told him to build an ark. Everyone…
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