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| A Powerful Life Lesson |
By:
Dianna Hobbs |
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Balance is the key to healthy relationships. As long as you operate in extremes, you'll end up extremely hurt. This is such a powerful life lesson and the sooner you learn it, the happier you'll be. Unfortunately, many individuals don't maintain a healthy balance in their lives. They go from one extreme to the next.
They think that everybody is husband material... best friend material... or business partner material. They link up with people on a whim and end up in some messed up relationships.
Listen. You have to examine the character of people before you allow them into your life. Otherwise, you're setting yourself up to be deeply wounded. Please hear me. Everyone doesn't have the capacity to love you and treat you right.
Some individuals have too many personal issues to mean you any good. They've never dealt with their own problems so they don't have the ability to be what you need them to be. There are some people that God is challenging you to release from your life right now. This post is hitting you hard, and it's not by accident. You need to let them go. You know it, but you won't do it... knowing it and doing it are two very different things.
Somewhere, deep inside, you keep hoping that things will work out. But that's not going to happen... at least not with this person. How can I be so sure? Well, when you're dealing with a severely flawed individual, there is no way you can alter their state of mind. Only God can do that... but even before God can do anything, that individual must first be sincerely seeking His help.
Barring that, they will remain in the same messed up condition. So stop convincing yourself that you can change them. Stop thinking that they won't hurt you. I often say, "Hurting people hurt other people." When you're dealing with someone that is all messed up, if you're not careful, you'll get messed up in the process too. You can't get sucked into their drama. That's not your job.
Don't click away from this blog... you need to hear this.
You have to have boundaries. When you let people in, you can't let them ALL THE WAY IN. No, no, no... you have to learn how to set boundaries and keep them. If you don't respect your own standards, why do you think anyone else will?
Here's what I want you to do. Take a long hard look at your core relationships. Examine each one. If you don't like the results you're getting out of the relationship, then change what you're putting into it. If you're not gaining anything from it, you're losing something because of it. Never forget that.
You can't afford to lose yourself in order to gain something that isn't worth having in the first place. God wants you to hear His voice loud and clear today. YOU DESERVE BETTER. He wants to give you so much more. He wants to bless you. He wants to love you like you deserve to be loved.
Instead of letting unworthy people in and shutting God out, try reversing it. Open yourself up. Completely give yourself to God, and there won't be any room for all the other drama. It's time for a change. It's time to elevate your thinking and your choices, so you can elevate your level of living.
Until next time... may you be empowered to prosper! |
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