Comments on: The Applause We Hoped For http://mudshoteyes.com/2008/03/11/the-applause-we-hoped-for/ In Search of the Pool of Siloam Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:39:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Krista http://mudshoteyes.com/2008/03/11/the-applause-we-hoped-for/#comment-191 Krista Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:07:25 +0000 http://mudshoteyes.com/2008/03/11/the-applause-we-hoped-for/#comment-191 "When I stand before the Lord, I'll be standing alone. This journey is my own. Still I want man's advice and I need man's approval, but this journey is my own. Why would I want to live for men and pay the highest price? What does it mean to gain the whole world only to use my life....Trying to please the world was breaking me down..." ~ Sara Groves, "This Journey is My Own" I am SO hanging out here right now, making peace with the fact that man's approval - any man's approval - is completely empty. On so many levels, craving that approval is outside of all God intends for us. He intends to be our center, our core, our deepest desire. When we "fear" and are preoccupied with others' advice and approval, we are not freed up to "fear" or worship Him in all the ways He is so worthy of. We are not living FREE with reckless passion and abandoned pleasure in Him. “When I stand before the Lord, I’ll be standing alone. This journey is my own. Still I want man’s advice and I need man’s approval, but this journey is my own. Why would I want to live for men and pay the highest price? What does it mean to gain the whole world only to use my life….Trying to please the world was breaking me down…”

~ Sara Groves, “This Journey is My Own”

I am SO hanging out here right now, making peace with the fact that man’s approval - any man’s approval - is completely empty. On so many levels, craving that approval is outside of all God intends for us. He intends to be our center, our core, our deepest desire. When we “fear” and are preoccupied with others’ advice and approval, we are not freed up to “fear” or worship Him in all the ways He is so worthy of. We are not living FREE with reckless passion and abandoned pleasure in Him.

]]> By: Susan http://mudshoteyes.com/2008/03/11/the-applause-we-hoped-for/#comment-189 Susan Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:25:42 +0000 http://mudshoteyes.com/2008/03/11/the-applause-we-hoped-for/#comment-189 You couldn't have said it any better! It's amazing how many times I catch myself seeking the approval of others throughout the day. It's hard not to do. I'm really struggling with that right now. You couldn’t have said it any better! It’s amazing how many times I catch myself seeking the approval of others throughout the day. It’s hard not to do. I’m really struggling with that right now.

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