If someone walks away from you, then they were not critical to your destiny.
Now this statement here…is reminiscent of old-school wisdom learned at a grandparent’s knee. Back in the late 1990s/early 2000s I became an avid watcher of cable Christian programming. I encountered many men and women who spoke to my heart and many who did not. Through the years my watching fizzled out but I still catch a broadcast or two on tv or the internet. I stumbled upon an Atlanta pastor named Bishop Bronner. Whenever I could catch his service, I’d listen with baited breath for the gems of knowledge that he would most certainly reveal. The title and the bolded tag at the beginning of this post are both from one of his sermons and these are definitely ‘gut-punchers’.
Sometimes when we lose a relationship or friendship we blame ourselves for not being nice enough, not bending over backward enough, or not compromising enough. Are these the case? Sometimes. Let’s be clear-some instances are our fault. Own it. Apologize. Provide restoration when applicable. Then move on.
But the others? The cases in which we are not at fault need to be addressed. The instances in which we have poured out pieces of our soul to folk and the gestures are taken for granted. The times when we have gone without to ensure that someone else is not in lack, and the favor is never returned. The occurrences when our kindness is scorned and we are talked about and maligned for no apparent reason. We tried to make the relationship or friendship work. We may have even attempted to buy their love. Yet, they still left. We may have cried, begged, pleaded. Yet, they still left. Is there possibly a piece of the heart that continues to wonder, “Why, Lord?”
Maybe so. But let them go. The Lord doesn’t need them to refine us any longer. Our lesson is complete and the objective has been met. They were our season or our reason; not our lifetime. Stop holding on. Grieve. Wipe those tears. Quickly though, so that joy will not be stolen and we can allow life to become greater later. The best is yet to come. 🙂
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