Your journey with God is your own. Your purpose given to you by God is fulfilled by trusting in God to accomplish it. It is between you and God. Sometimes God may use others to encourage you along the way, though you should always pray for discernment in all that is spoken. God knows your heart and through spending time with God, you know Him too. You know His expectations for the way you live your life. So, it is very important to listen for God's voice at all times, before others. God would never tell you that something is impossible for you to accomplish, so never allow others words to raise the doubts in your mind. Set your focus on God and follow Him. It is not important what others think as long as you are doing right by God and yourself. Ecclesiastes 12: 13 "The last word, when all is heard: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is mans all, because God will bring to judgement every work with all its hidden qualities, whether good or bad." PTL