A thought by Rick Warren from his book, God's Answers to Life's Difficult Questions (Living with Purpose) (p. 13). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) It sounds like us, especially at this time of the year. Rick says, “There were grueling demands on his time; he rarely had any personal privacy; he was constantly interrupted. People repeatedly misunderstood him, criticized him, and ridiculed him. He had enormous stress, which would have caused any of us to cave in.” And some of you are feeling so much stress at trying to please all of the people in your life. You want them to be so happy and like you. Rick says that one of the principles that Jesus lived by in his handling stress was the principle, “ Know whom you’re trying to please. ” He goes on, “You can’t please everybody, because, by the time one group becomes pleased with you, another group gets upset with you. Even God doesn’t please everybody,
Continuing a thought from a book I am reading...