When you experience rejections early in life you feel like you constantly have to PROVE yourself, so you become a workaholic in order to gain people's acceptance. One woman writes, "I can still hear my father yelling, telling me I'd never be any good, never amount to anything. The more he yelled, the more determined I became to prove him wrong." Do you have voiced like that in your head? It's true that you'll succeed by working hard, but to experience lasting satisfaction you must know that you're fulfilling God's will for your life. When all is said and done, what matters most is knowing you're loved and accepted by God. What can top that?
God measures with a different yardstick. He won't ask what kind of car you drove, but how many people you gave rides to. He won't ask the square footage of your home, but how you raised your children and treated your family. He won't ask about the brand names in your closet, but who you helped to clothe. He won't ask about your salary, but how much you invested into the building of His Kingdom. He won't ask about your job title, but if you tried to perform with excellence and integrity. He won't ask how many friends you had, but how many people you were a friend to. He won't ask what neighbourhood you lived in, but if you loved your neighbour. He won't ask about your politics or the colour of your skin, but about the quality of your character.
So don't just work hard, work hard for the right reasons!
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
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I use to have that kind of voice within me too when i'm in 2ndary sch. But think again, it is not worth to be too workhaholic; as long as we have tried our best and most of all, balance the time for work, family and for God. Most of the time now, when there are people challenging; saying that i'm not good enough or similar wordings, i won't put in mind. I will just take it as reference because i think that the most important thing is we have to believe ourselves; and God has planned on us.
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