Saturday, March 12, 2011

Lent Challenge: Day 4 - Are you a reason, a season, or a lifetime?

I was going through my email and came across an email from a LONG time ago (like 8 years!). It was relevant to me then and is still relevant today. I hope you enjoy it.
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.


It is amazing to look back on my friendships I have experienced and see the impact each person has had on my life. God has provided me with so many friendships that have affected me and have challenged me.  Each friendship and person has touched my life in some way, and I hope I am able to do the same for other.
 
Until next time,
K
 
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. (Proverbs 27:17)

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