Who Belongs In Your Life???

I read this article some years back and it had a great impact on me, well, it still has an impact on me and it has helped in shaping my relationships.

I hope you draw some lessons from it.


Culled from "The Word For Today" Written by Bob and Debby Gass with Ruth Gass Haliday.


Ruth told Naomi, "Where you go I will go." You can spend your life anywhere with anybody doing anything, then suddenly meet someone and sense that there is a connection between you. Its what made Elisha quit farming and follow Elijah, an eccentric prophet; its why Timothy hung out with Paul, an old man soon to be executed.

You know intuitively, "I won't reach my destiny without you in my life."

Looking back you realise if you hadn't met that certain person, or taken that phone call, or read that email, you wouldn't be where you are today.

On the other hand, "Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye" (Ruth 1:14 NIV).

Now Orpah's leaving didn't make her a bad person; it just meant that her part in the story was over.

Recognise when somebody's part in your story is over, otherwise you'll keep trying to raise the dead.

David pleaded with God for his new born baby's life.

He fasted, spent the nights lying on the ground and would not eat but when the child died he had to accept that there was nothing more he could do, so he "got up, washed, changed his clothes and he ate".

Acknowledge when something is over. If God means you to have it he will give it to you.

If you tried to make it work and it hasn't, accept His will in the matter.

Get up, go to the stores, buy yourself a new outfit, treat yourself to a good meal; start living again!

NEVER (emphasis mine) beg anyone to stay with you against their will.

Their leaving is no accident; it just means God has something better in store for you (and possibly them too), so trust Him and MOVE ON!

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