Everyone Can't Be in Your Front Row
Life is a theater - invite your audience carefully. Not everyone is holy enough and healthy enough to have a front row seat in our lives. There are some people in your life that need to be loved from a distance. It's amazing what you can accomplish when you let go, or at least minimize your time with draining, negative, incompatible, not-going-anywhere relationships/friendships/fellowships!
Observe the relationships around you. Pay attention to: Which ones lift and which ones lean? Which ones encourage and which ones discourage? Which ones are on a path of growth uphill and which ones are going downhill? When you leave certain people, do you feel better or feel worse? Which ones always have drama or don't really understand, know and appreciate you and the gift that lies within you?
The more you seek God and the things of God -- the more you seek quality,
the more you seek not just the hand of God but the face of God-- the more you
seek things honorable -- the more you seek growth, peace of mind, love and truth
around you, the easier it will become for you to decide who gets to sit in the FRONT ROW and who should be moved to the balcony of your life. You cannot change the people around you...but you can change the people you are around! Ask God for wisdom and discernment and choose wisely the people who sit in the front row of your life.
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Everyone Can't Be In Your Front Row
I received the following e-mail this morning that I feel helps eliminate alot of the unnecessary conflict/controversy/drama/heartache, etc. that we go through in some of our relationships (this applies to ALL relationships, not just those dealing with the opposite sex). Post it somewhere at work, at home on the refrigerator, in your home office or any place where it will catch your eye, as a reminder to keep our relationships in order.
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2 comments:
Oh this is so wonderfully true ! I could certainly use it in my life ! It makes sense..a lot of sense..now if only I have the willpower to do it..lol !
Btw..in UK currently theres this issue of a baby's life (who was alive only on machine)..her fate was decided in the court..the parent's wanted her to live...if you could drop by and read my post and post ur opinion/comment I would very much appreciate it. Its bothering me a lot and I am trying to get as many opinions as possible. Thanks and take care..
Thank you very much, Tan for responding so promptly to my request and posting your comment on my blog. You have put your viewpoint really beautifully and it certainly made me think and rethink ! At this point I suppose we can only pray for the little babies who are suffering so ! And may God decide whats best !
Thank you..take care.
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