I’m done. Completely done with you. Period.
It’s over. Peace. You’re FIRED!
What’s that saying? “Some relationships are only meant for a season?” Is that how it goes?
I mean… we both knew that we’d eventually go our separate ways right?
So why prolong the process?
It’s not like I didn’t try. I tried to LISTEN. To APOLOGIZE. To LOVE. To ENCOURAGE. To LISTEN (AGAIN). And to APOLOGIZE (once again).
But it doesn’t work. Nothing works with you!
So I give up.
I’ll make this easy. In fact, you probably won’t even know that I gave up on you.
I’ll quickly put on my running shoes and disappear into the crowd because…
I’m DONE!!
That’s what I said to myself this week regarding a “friend” because I thought I had nothing left to give.
I meant it too!
But something weird happened.
I realized that I couldn’t give up on her. I realized that I still had more to give.
I know it sounds crazy but I couldn’t give up on her…not because I didn’t want to but because Jesus has never given upon me.
I’ve messed up A LOT and God has extended so much grace for me.
His grace over me is what has given me grace for her.
It’s not easy. In fact, I questioned, “does she deserve it?” (ugly heart moment)
But I know I can’t give up. God hasn’t given up on me despite all I’ve done so I can’t give up on her in spite of all she’s done.
It doesn’t sound very spiritual but sometimes it’s just easier to emotionally check out on people (especially those permanent relationships like family, marriage, co-workers, etc.)
But we can’t!
I know it’s difficult but I promise the moment you think about how many times you’ve messed up, how many chances you been given, and set your eyes on the cross, you’ll find that extra strength to keep going.
Be honest…have you ever wanted to give up on family? A friendship? A Relationship? A Marriage? You can comment as anonymous if you desire but tell me of a time when you’ve been tempted to give up on someone or maybe, you actually did.
How do we know when it’s time to actually walk away from a relationship?
Note: Just to clarify, not giving up on people in THIS context means we can always forgive and be gracious. And although I think most of us give up too easily on relationships that stretch us, it does NOT mean we have to continually expose ourselves to toxic/abusive/unhealthy etc. relationships.
