Idolatry

 I had a very key conversation with my ex about 8 years ago. He told me it didn't seem like I respected his parents very much. I said, "I respect them but I'm not going to idolize them." When the Bible says, "Honor your mother and father" that doesn't mean that you should idolize your parents. If you do, you are forgetting the other commandment to have no gods before God, no god that is greater to you then God. Nothing is supposed to take the place of God in your life. Nothing. So often people let their parents take the place of God for them. That is wrong. You shouldn't do that. Or people let their kids take the place of God. I think I did that a little bit when I had my daughters. Or people let their boyfriend or girlfriend take the place of God. I have had many conversations with my bf about his ex. He says all the crazy instances with her were just because he was so in love with her. I said, "That is not love. That is obsession and idolatry." Psychologists would call it co-dependency, but the Bible calls it idolatry, when you are obsessed with someone, and you need someone too much. No person should take the place of God for you. It will always end badly for you when you do that. People around you can tell there is a problem, that you are obsessed, but you don't see it, because you need that person too much, or you Think you do. You have not learned to let God meet most of your needs rather then a person. People pleasers are people who make other people their God rather then God, and they f..... their lives up as a result. Texas men especially seem to have a problem with this. They expect their woman to worship them as if they were God. Well I am from California and we don't worship anything out there other then fashion. Ok most Californians worship themselves. And most Texas women worship their man. My ex had a heck of a time with this, that I wouldn't worship him. I refused to do most of the things he asked, like wear more make up, to prove this point, that he was not my God and only God is my God. That might be what drove him isane, that he felt he couldn't control me or shape me into his mold of what he thought a woman should be. Women please only worship God, not some man. Men come and go so quickly. That is why you should never worship any of them. And men, don't worship a woman. You might only know her for a week or a month, and you're willing to sell your soul over her? You're willing to piss God off over some woman? You're going to let her take the place of God for you? Why? For what reason does she deserve that? I don't care how hot or great you think she is, no woman deserves for you to worship her. No parent deserves for you to worship them. No child deserves to be worshipped. No spouse deserves to be worshipped. Only God deserves your worship. Focus on God. Serve God. Worship God. He created you. Did any of them create you? No. God gives you breath in your lungs every day and keeps you alive. Does any person keep you alive? No. It might seem like they do if they provide for you, but God is your provider, not a person. God can provide for you through others or love you through others, but it all comes from God. God should always be number one to you, no matter what other people do for you. You might feel like you owe other people, and maybe you do a little, but that doesn't mean you have to worship them. No human being deserves to be worshipped. Don't worship people. Worship God only. God bless.