Moms the Word

I have always been a social person. I love to be around people and can get along with anyone. For most of my life I have believed I was surrounded by numerous friends that loved me. In fact, I have always believed that the ones I call friends would fight for me even behind closed doors when I wasn’t there to fight for myself. Funny how wrong we can be sometimes.

I have recently went through a learning time in my life and in my personal relationships. I have been naive. Me, the 33 year old college graduate, wife and mother, put faith in people who had not earned the faith, trust, and loyalty I placed in them. When God has a lesson to teach us, usually it is a little painful at first but has a lasting impact on how we move forward.

I can honestly say I will remember this lesson for a very long time and the hurt it has brought to my heart. This was a tough one for me and will be felt in my children, too. The hardest part is that the characteristics I have been shown all this time were the warning flags I should have seen but chose to ignore, but I wanted to believe that our relationship was different than the past relationships who suffered the same fate.

Thankfully, the lesson came at a time when I was in a place to receive what the Lord intended for me to learn. It hurt. I mean, really hurt. But the pain will remain with me in hopes of reminding me to guard my heart. The Lord has such a plan that he is willing to let me hurt for just a little time so that he can guard me from future destruction.

I know that this lesson will be a daily reminder to trust that the Lord will provide the friends he wants for me. I may be lonely for a season but his plan is always to prosper me.

Just trust the Lord to move the people you need into your life and remove the ones you don’t. His ways are not our ways. His love is everlasting.