Friendship

Have you ever thought about your friendships over your lifetime?  Tonight I was clearing out my notes that I don’t need anymore and I came across one dated March, 2009.  I don’t remember reading it again since I put it in my notes.  But, there must have been a reason I kept it.   As I read it again, I understood why.  There are lessons to be learned. 

It made me realize that all of my friends had been in my life for a reason and that some had been there only for a season, and I remembered them all, and some have remained lifetime friends, and I am so thankful for each of them.  I have made some awesome friends in the last few years, and I pray they will be my friends for the rest of my life.  But, I’m leaving that to God, and am praying that if any of them are just in my life for a season, that I will be able to accept that God put them there for a reason, that they did what they were called to do and they were there for only a season, and if that is so, I will be sad but I will cherish them always because I will have learned something valuable from them. 

In my note, the writer asked: "Are you 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.

Some 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.
-Unknown

But this I know, as much as I love my friends, I know I have one who will be my lifetime friend and will never leave nor forsake me...His name is God, Yahweh, Lord of lords, King of kings, and the "I AM."