Differentiating Between Those You Serve and Friendships

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Hi, I’m “Light”. Welcome to “Light Writes”!

I am sharing this journal entry for a love-filled blessing of God to come upon you and many others and for the advancement of the Church, i.e. the Bride of Christ. I pray that you gain wisdom and insight from it and are able to apply it to yourself and your own life.  :)


The Entry

I am a fountain. I am a fruit-bearing tree. It is necessary that I learn to differentiate between who I serve and those with whom I am meant to have a friendship. 

On one hand, those I serve are purposed only to take of my fruit and drink of my water (which is a good thing— they are thirsty, hungry, and thus purposed and systematically positioned by God to be benefactors of my compassion and love for however many seasons they require and He wills). On the other hand, close friends, as embodying representations of God, give to me in seasons I am bearing no fruit— they feed when I am hungry and pour when I am thirsty, that I may be strong and encouraged in preparation for the season of bearing fruit upcoming. 

Categorizing friendships versus those I serve will aid me in allotting my expectations, bringing me assurance and peace in the outcome of those not meant to give to me not doing so. With this peace and assurance, I am able to give my fruit freely without bitterness, as I am able to recognize that my disappointment did not come from a failure on their part to give, but an ignorance of the category of the relationship and a misplacement of expectations.


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