"... but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong..." It's like a broken doorbell that keeps ringing in the most annoying fashion; or the car's beeping alert drawing your attention to an open door--a resounding gong would be irritating. That description is what it is like when we, as Christians, react to the world without love. There is little to no positive impact--just an irritation. Yet, a mentality of "overlove" or being passive can be just as ineffective, as we simply blend into the background of "normal." So how do I "please God and not people" without erring on either side? This is the question I have been pondering based on the following two verses. Galatians 1:10 "Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ." 1 Corinthians 13:1 "If I speak in the tongues of men or of