Faith Words: A Lifetime
A friend once told me that God places people in our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime. I've learned how true this statement is.
Sometimes, someone crosses your path briefly. She's in and out like door opening and closing again, but her influence moves me in a new direction.
Then, I meet someone who comes into my life and we form a bond. We think we'll spend time and life together from now on, but like fellow cruise ship passengers who reach port and go their separate ways, our paths diverge and we both move on.
Oh, but the people God puts in my life for a lifetime! They have the most profound effect on me and I on them. We enjoy each other's company as we do the simple daily tasks. We encourage, we criticize, we build up, we tear down. Our lives show the imprint we've made on each other without even realizing it.
Whose life are you influencing for a reason?
Whose life do you bond with for a season?
Whose life are you sharing and shaping for a lifetime?
In every case, we will leave our mark. Good or bad. Make the moments count because the marks we leave stay no matter how brief the encounter.
Patrice
Ephesians 4:32 NIV
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Sometimes, someone crosses your path briefly. She's in and out like door opening and closing again, but her influence moves me in a new direction.
Then, I meet someone who comes into my life and we form a bond. We think we'll spend time and life together from now on, but like fellow cruise ship passengers who reach port and go their separate ways, our paths diverge and we both move on.
Oh, but the people God puts in my life for a lifetime! They have the most profound effect on me and I on them. We enjoy each other's company as we do the simple daily tasks. We encourage, we criticize, we build up, we tear down. Our lives show the imprint we've made on each other without even realizing it.
Whose life are you influencing for a reason?
Whose life do you bond with for a season?
Whose life are you sharing and shaping for a lifetime?
In every case, we will leave our mark. Good or bad. Make the moments count because the marks we leave stay no matter how brief the encounter.
Patrice
Ephesians 4:32 NIV
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
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She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.
Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners - of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life. Now to the king eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever, Amen.
And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God;
I trust in God's unfailing love forever and ever.
So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord; for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.