A Reason, A Season or A Lifetime
People come into your life
for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
When you figure out which one it is,
you will know what to do for each person.
When someone is in your life for a REASON. . .
It is usually to meet a need you have expressed.
They have come to assist you through a difficulty,
to provide you with guidance and support,
to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually.
They may seem like a godsend, and they are!
They are there for the reason you need them to be.
Then, without any wrongdoing on your part,
or at an inconvenient time, this person will say
or do something to bring the relationship to an end.
Sometimes they die.
Sometimes they walk away.
Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.
What we must realize is that our need has been met,
our desire fulfilled, their work is done.
The prayer you sent up has been answered.
And now it is time to move on.
Then people come into your life for a SEASON….
Because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn.
They bring you an experience of peace, or make you laugh.
They may teach you something you have never done.
They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.
Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season.
LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons
: things you must build upon in order to have
a solid emotional foundation.
Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person,
and put what you have learned to use in all
other relationships and areas of your life.
It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.
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Been sitting here this morning reflecting over the last couple years of my life… thinking about all the friends I made and all the friends I have lost. I can count the number of friends… including ’surface’ friends on one hand. It’s kind of sad when I think about it.
Some I’ve pushed away, some I made mistakes and they walked away, some simply drifted away.
I don’t make friends easily… when I do it means something and when I lose them it really hurts even when I can’t or won’t admit it.
People say they are your friends and they say they will be there for you. But most of the time what people say and what they do are two totally different things. This is a life lesson I should know well but once in a while it still bothers me.
That is negativity rearing its ugly head. Deep down I know things aren’t as bad as they seemed this morning. It is something I have to work even hard at overcoming.
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