Are You A Reason, A Season, Or A Lifetime?
by Mark Courts on 12/10/15
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.