God puts people in your life for a Reason, a Season, or a Lifetime. Sometimes you are the teacher and sometimes you are the student. Sometimes you are the catalyst and sometimes you are the affected. But there is always a lesson to be learned.
The Reasons have a purpose. God places them in your path for one, specific, purpose. For Good or Bad, their circle touches yours...often for mere moments, sometimes for longer. But invariably, once their purpose--that lesson--is over, so too is your relationship with them. You are always someone's Reason--good and bad. Every moment of the day. Should the lesson not be learned, He will send more Reasons until He gets through because He never gives up on anyone.
The Seasons are those whose paths naturally cross ours as we grow and age and move through life. God gives them to us to walk with us for a time, sharing events in common. Supporting and being supported. They too serve to teach us lessons. And we are all someone else's Season. Every acquaintance is but for a Season. They don't last, just as the seasons of the calendar don't last. We carry the impressions of a harsh, cruel winter within us as much as we do a fun-filled summer day. With time, the memory fades, but the lessons remain. We will have many of these in life. In all our Seasons, for as long as we have life, God seeks to teach us and have us teach others.
The Lifetimes are the rarest and most treasured of all. God knows our struggles and knows *just* when to place a new Lifetime in our path. And the Lifetimes we already have, are always there--when we mess up and when we win. He prepares us to be a Lifetime for others, too. Those few souls who walk with you through all trials, who never leave...those few who you would walk with forever, despite distance or hardship. We crave that soul deep connection, and God provides a choice few to answer that. No lies. No agendas. Shoulders, ears, and hearts...the ones who hold you as you meet with Reasons and Seasons--who never leaves. The ones you could not imagine losing, no matter what.
The Reasons have a purpose. God places them in your path for one, specific, purpose. For Good or Bad, their circle touches yours...often for mere moments, sometimes for longer. But invariably, once their purpose--that lesson--is over, so too is your relationship with them. You are always someone's Reason--good and bad. Every moment of the day. Should the lesson not be learned, He will send more Reasons until He gets through because He never gives up on anyone.
The Seasons are those whose paths naturally cross ours as we grow and age and move through life. God gives them to us to walk with us for a time, sharing events in common. Supporting and being supported. They too serve to teach us lessons. And we are all someone else's Season. Every acquaintance is but for a Season. They don't last, just as the seasons of the calendar don't last. We carry the impressions of a harsh, cruel winter within us as much as we do a fun-filled summer day. With time, the memory fades, but the lessons remain. We will have many of these in life. In all our Seasons, for as long as we have life, God seeks to teach us and have us teach others.
The Lifetimes are the rarest and most treasured of all. God knows our struggles and knows *just* when to place a new Lifetime in our path. And the Lifetimes we already have, are always there--when we mess up and when we win. He prepares us to be a Lifetime for others, too. Those few souls who walk with you through all trials, who never leave...those few who you would walk with forever, despite distance or hardship. We crave that soul deep connection, and God provides a choice few to answer that. No lies. No agendas. Shoulders, ears, and hearts...the ones who hold you as you meet with Reasons and Seasons--who never leaves. The ones you could not imagine losing, no matter what.