i want to share with you something that the Lord has been teaching me. i have been resistant to it bc i didn’t want to let go but i got tired of dangling so i just now let go ! and wow how much joy i have received !
i don’t know if you need this right now, if not keep it deep in your heart & use it soon bc we all need to let go sometimes. i want to give you a new perspective that the Holy Spirit gave me about cutting people off/ letting people go.
Holy Spirit eliminated the negative connotation of “cutting people off” by replacing the label. Holy Spirit calls it Seasonal Friends.
seasonal friends are people who helped you blossom and now need to become a joyful, beautiful source and excuse for gratitude.
to indicate who are seasonal friends examine your emotions towards them. at every thought of them do you become down for a reason that does not require to give them feedback. if there is no need to give feedback or no need to forgive that person for something yet they still seem to not be of assistance to you blossoming, then maybe they’re a seasonal friend.
the difference between what society says about these kind of friends and what Holy Spirit says about these friends is the gratitude part.
society validates your feelings of down emotions by telling you it’s their fault & those people have turned toxic. in order to be successful & happy again you have to cut those people off. society says block them, delete them from your life, ignore them, shield yourself from them, and talk negatively about how they don’t help you blossom as they once did.
but Holy Spirit asks you to step into gratitude & joy.
instead of doing what society tells you to do i encourage to try this exercise the Lord asked me to step into.
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close your eyes.
be still.
identify who you need to seal as a seasonal friend.
then go through all the good memories you’ve had with that person ever since the beginning of yalls relationship. attempt to shift through the memories in chronological order. if you bounce around that’s okay, don’t stress. what was their love language; remember how they showed you love. if an ill emotion or negative memory comes to mind you can choose to get rid of it & only focus on the good or you can pick out what you positively learned about that person through that memory.
as you finish shifting through memories, taking in the smells, emotions and images, start to make a gratitude list about that person.
highlight the beautiful reasons why Abba put them in your life. what do you want to take from what that person taught you? is it that you won’t settle for anyone who won’t listen to you bc they showed you that you’re worthy to have an ear perk at your voice? is it that you now know you’re worth dropping everything for because they would always come running to comfort you? what characteristics of the Lord, showed by that person, do you want to cherish?
now collect all beauty you shifted through and close it. seal it. a life long memory that is cherished but that no longer has root within you.
receive the joy you gain after this – Jesus.
thank you Jesus for seasonal friends. people who helped us blossom, who are cherished by us but are now closed and placed safely as a joyful, beautiful source and excuse for gratitude.
much love,
emi
