tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12021356.post7277573499698077143..comments2023-10-25T02:36:55.774-05:00Comments on fluctuating certainty: Friday morning thoughts.....gerbmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08334242165831708434noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12021356.post-65792281792304574882008-03-16T00:28:00.000-05:002008-03-16T00:28:00.000-05:00by the way, good to see you are still posting!!!J/...by the way, good to see you are still posting!!!<BR/><BR/>J/GoteeManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747967100881479615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12021356.post-34672491831677220392008-03-16T00:26:00.000-05:002008-03-16T00:26:00.000-05:00Hi - well, I have a kinda different view on this t...Hi - well, I have a kinda different view on this topic. While I believe we are to love all people, I don't believe that means we have to like all people. Sometimes, as you said, it's an issue of not understanding each other - BUT not always. Sometimes, it's that we do understand each other and still there is a dislike... For example, I have had former acquaintences that we started to get close to, only to realize the person was controlling, self-centered or manipulative. Life is too short to stay in relationship like that. <BR/>Several years ago, we gave our relationships all to God. We asked Him to put the people in our lives that He wanted there, and to remove from our lives the ones He wanted to remove. Interestingly, the ones who disappeared were the draining, complicated relationships... and filled our lives with several very wonderful relationships. While I can be at peace in any situation with anyone, "high maintenance" relationships take a great deal of energy and effort, and with all that is going on in our lives, I really can't be in those types of situations at this time. Perhaps that's why God removed them from my life, or maybe not. All I know is that following His lead is the key, and that I am not supposed to be close to or connect with just anyone. Some are incredible emotional, physical and time drains, leaving us continually exhausted and spent if we allow it. It doesn't mean we are to be rude or to reject them. It's just that we don't have to be entangled in those types of relationships.<BR/>Just my experience and view, and I don't expect anyone else to agree.<BR/>J/GoteeManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747967100881479615noreply@blogger.com