Not everyone is healthy enough to have a front row seat in our lives.
There are some people in your life that need to be loved from a DISTANCE. Seriously! It's amazing what you can accomplish when you let go of, or at least minimize your time with draining, negative, incompatible,not-going-anywhere relationships or friendships. Observe the relationships around you. Pay attention to how you are influenced.
Which ones lift and which ones lean? Which ones encourage and which ones discourage? Which ones are on a path of growth uphill and which ones are going downhill? When you leave certain people do you feel better or feel worse? Which ones always have drama or don't really understand, know or appreciate you? The more you seek quality, respect, growth, peace of mind, love and truth around you...the easier it will become for you to decide who gets to sit in the front row of your life and who should be moved to the balcony of your life. "If you cannot change the people around you, CHANGE the people you are around."
Remember that the people we hang with will have an impact on both our thought processes and ultimately our actions. Jesus hung out with the down and out and the sinners but he influenced them in a positive way. In our lives we must have our focus and our eyes on Jesus who is the one we are watching and trying to be like in our Center Stage. We need to be striving to be like HIM so we should be surrounded with "heroes of the faith"...people we want to be like and who are going to help us be more like Jesus.
We never want to forget about the back row friends or those we had to place in the balcony of our lives. We should love and respect them as people but not let their words cause us defeat or cause us to REACT. We need to be people of ACTION that is thought out and timely; filled with the love of Jesus and the wisdom of the Holy Spirit. My prayer is that those "balcony or back row people"will eventually be influenced by us and come on down closer to the front as we learn to not just be a disciple but to also disciple others.
Adjust that Crown!
❤ Jonna
