fear God not man
"Fear will drive us to please men. Faith will drive us to please God. Tumultuous times will reveal who you truly serve." -Dale Partridge Each and everyone one of us knows that we have a purpose here on earth. As much as we try, we can't create our own personal meaning. Some derive their meaning from worldly things, and others derive their meaning from their religion, but no matter the case, we all put our identity into those external things that we derive our meaning from. Specifically, we seek to put our meaning into external personal things because, as humans, we were created to be relational. A lot of the time, we find ourselves putting our identity in our friendships, work relationships, family relationships, and romantic relationships. This, at times, isn't a bad thing. Part of your identity does stem from you being a friend, a daughter, or a wife. But when this does become a problem is when we put our identity more in those earthly relationships than we do in o