It's Life

This post was originally written on my mychurch.org account back in September of 2008. A year and a half later and it is still relevant and I am still learning.

"People come and go so quickly here!"

Probably one of my favorite lines from The Wizard of Oz. Why? Well, I equate it to friendships. How they come and go...just like the ebb and flow of the ocean's tide. Lately I have learned a lot about friendships verses acquaintances. What are they and more importantly...what are the differences.

Let's go to Webster:

Friend: a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard; esteem. (worth, value)

Acquaintance: a person known to one, but usually not a close friend.

Hmmm, now let's take it just a little further...shall we?

Personal regard...what does that mean, exactly? It's like saying you have a personal concern for them. A fond attachment. Where in the case of Acquaintance...you just "know" them.

I'm the kind of person who "gets involved". LOL It's my personality. I have a huge heart and I reach out to others. I am a compassionate soul. When you are a person such as this...you tend to get hurt pretty easily. It's kinda of your lot in life. It has to be expected. Some day...you are going get hurt. It's okay, really...I have had many a person come and go in my life. There is that poem or saying that goes:

Reason, Season or Lifetime.

I won't repeat it here...but it talks about how people come into your life for a Reason, a Season or a Lifetime. You have to be prepared in your heart for whatever the case may be. I sometimes have a hard time with this. I want everyone to stay! LOL I love people. But....some leave. Sometimes I don't even really know why. They just do. If only we could all just be that proverbial fly on the wall...then we could all have the answers. :) Then...there are the times that I have to leave. I realize that I have done all I can do and I have to just step down...or step away. That is probably harder than anything else.

In all of this rambling...I think the hardest part to talk about is that I have not been the best friend to some that I should have been. I get self consumed. It happens....it really does. You fall to temptations of talking, gossiping...the drama. Most of the time the drama just happens all on it's own. It doesn't need a catalyst... and sometimes you don't even really realize what you are doing. You are carrying on harmless conversations and things just come out. We are ALL guilty of it. ( we all fall short of the Glory of God) Then..there is that ugly one called satan. He knows your weaknesses....he will draw on every single one of them. I have had my eyes wide open of late to that.

I'm sorry. I repent before you all.

So...I endeavor to be a better person.

It's all I can do. Strive to be the woman that God has called me to be.

I wasn't put on this Earth to please anyone else but HIM.

You can love someone with all your heart
For all the right reasons
And in a moment they can choose to walk away
love 'em anyway

Thanks for reading.