It’s so funny to me how God, (or whatever higher power you believe in), but in my case God, will speak directly to you through another vehicle or person. For nearly a week, I have been struggling with a decision that needed to be made about a particular person in my life who I didn’t particularly believe meant me well. This said person didn’t mean me any harm either… but that was part of the problem—*they* did not serve any purpose in my life.
I’m a strong believer that anything with “ship” on the end of it takes work, so needless to say, relationships and friendships take effort from all parties involved. In my case, however, I was getting nothing from this person. Yet, because *they* were related to me, I only saw the relationship how I wished it would have been, as opposed to looking at it for what it actually was. In reality, this person was only taking from my life but never adding anything to it. (Unless you want to call worry and frustration an asset, which I will not.)
At any rate, even though I knew the person needed to be pruned from my life, for some reason I was still going to give *them* that one last chance until I stumble across a “vehicle” from one of my Facebook friends. You can check it out after you finish reading my diatribe, but basically in the video, the infamous T.D. Jakes describes the three types of friends you have in your life. I decided to share it with you just in case you may need to do your own pruning. And don’t feel bad if you do, I think we tend to get caught up in, “Oh, that’s your family” or “You guys are, (or were), so close”. I have always said this, but now I will actually ascribe the following to my life: “Just because we share the same bloodline does not mean we share anything else.” And truthfully, nobody has the power to hurt you like your kinfolk!
I have some work to do, so I’m climbing down off of my soapbox now. Have a wonderful day, enjoy the video, and watch out for God’s vehicles.
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