Why do we live our whole lives trying to please others? Is it because we are insecure with ourselves and thrive off of people's compliments? Or is it out of pure frieghtfulness to the point that we can't just be the person that God wants us to be? Take a step back from your life. Analyze the people you surround yourself with, how you treat others as well as how you treat yourself. Do you feel accomplished with all the talents and abilities God has blessed you with? Or do you throw it under the rug, hide it in a dark attic where no one will find it. Did you answer yes to no?

No. I can be firm and say this is exactly how my life has been going. Living in a pastors household and a christian day school teacher as my mom, has been nothing but a breeze in the Moldstad home. Now don't get me wrong, it wasn't always flowers and rainbows, especially living with 4 older brothers who constantly tease you from left and right. But overall I knew life for me was... easy. I grew up learning Christ as my Savior from the day I was born through baptism and the Holy Word of God. You might think that I had the best personal relationship with Christ because of the weekly visits to church, full participation in Sunday school, attending christian day school/ high school and a Lutheran College. You could say that I had it all, that I will rich in the spiritual sense. I was able to hear the Word every day, I was able to acknowledge my belief in Christ during school hours, I was able to constantly hear daily devotions at home. Yes, I am SO rich. 

But... I never could fully defend my faith to someone who didn't even know Jesus. And it all comes down to me trying to be a people pleaser. I felt like no one would give me the time of day if I talk about it to my friends. And it only became worse as I entered high school and college. Distancing myself from my Heavenly Father. All for what? To look cool to others, to not offend someone or think that I are forcing my beliefs down someone else's throat. It all sounds so vapid because by not sharing that special gift from God, I am closing the glorious gates of Heaven to my fellow neighbors. How rude!

Im just going to put this out there that I really have no idea why I'm starting a blog. I would love for people to read it because I want it to be based off of what Christ did for all people.  Maybe if just one person reads this, it will open a door for them and really gasp hold of the one true faith that is in Christ Jesus. We never know what people are struggling through in our day to day lives because we are so focused on ourselves due to our sinful nature. Let us instead look to the cross, at what Jesus did for the whole world and saved us from eternal punishment and death in Hell. God wants all of us to be rich and to know Him as our Dear Savior in Christ and look to Him only for strength through this world of sin. We cannot do anything on our own to deserve eternal bliss in Heaven. God is saying to you, "come be my daughter/son and live with me forever in Heaven."