This is a prayer request for two of my best friends. There are no medical or otherwise emergencies, just prayer for patience and peace, I guess. We have been friends since the first grade and now find that we are all growing in the Lord, but at different paces. There is the one friend who is blazing the trail in Jesus' name, and then there is the one that is sort of easing into it-thus creating this tension in their friendship. I know that once you have supped with the Lord, you want everyone that you know and love to enjoy that relationship with God, (you even want that for your enemies). I just thank God that as Zion called me to a higher place of praise, I answered "yes, Lord!". We all want the best for each other and just pray with me that God will give us all the patience and love. We all know also, that at any time, there may be a requirement that we seperate to do what God will have us do-my response to that is "your will God, your way!".

Here is a reading about friendships and relationships and this Christian journey...God Bless

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.


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