There is a massive hole in the bottom of the bucket of “People Pleasing”. We will never be able to fill it. It will always elude us. Measuring our self-worth on the basis of what others say will develop in us fear and emptiness. Only God’s opinion can affirm. There is a deep maturity in handing over both the praise and rejection of man to God, not letting either define us.
*Of course, there are times when God will use us as His messengers to speak an encouragement, but they are still His words.