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Writer's pictureJante Gibson

See You Later?!?




People Often Mischaracterize those who choose to walk away from relationships. It is often believed the one who walks does so maliciously however, at least in my case, a few of the relationships that I had to step away from challenged my faith and it was very HARD to do so. I didn’t want to end things with them, and I very much still love them. Honestly, in several of the cases I believed it wasn’t “Goodbye”, rather “Not Right Now”. Believe it or not, it takes a great deal of courage to step away from someone you love. On multiple occasions I had to ask myself if hanging on to those relationships were worth me disobeying God? And while I was immature and fully wrapped up in people-pleasing. the answer was “Yes”, consequently, those “Yes’s” cost me something. But now that I’m older, wiser and have continuously experienced the grace and mercy of God, I no longer want to ride grace and mercy alone. God has been sooo good to me, so the least I can do is obey him—after all his track record is unblemished, and he has remained steadfast with his faithfulness towards me. So, even if it cost me close relationships and my actions continue to be misunderstood, I’ll keep taking Jesus for mine!


I’m no longer interested in half-Hearted servitude and obedience to God!


“Then the Lord said to Samuel, “I am sorry that I ever made Saul king, for he has not been loyal to me and has refused to obey my command.” Samuel was so deeply moved when he heard this that he cried out to the Lord all night. Early the next morning Samuel went to find Saul. Someone told him, “Saul went to the town of Carmel to set up a monument to himself; then he went on to Gilgal.” When Samuel finally found him, Saul greeted him cheerfully. “May the Lord bless you,” he said. “I have carried out the Lord’s command!” “Then what is all the bleating of sheep and goats and the lowing of cattle I hear?” Samuel demanded. “It’s true that the army spared the best of the sheep, goats, and cattle,” Saul admitted. “But they are going to sacrifice them to the Lord your God. We have destroyed everything else.” Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stop! Listen to what the Lord told me last night!” “What did he tell you?” Saul asked. And Samuel told him, “Although you may think little of yourself, are you not the leader of the tribes of Israel? The Lord has anointed you king of Israel. And the Lord sent you on a mission and told you, ‘Go and completely destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, until they are all dead.’ Why haven’t you obeyed the Lord? Why did you rush for the plunder and do what was evil in the Lord’s sight?” “But I did obey the Lord,” Saul insisted. “I carried out the mission he gave me. I brought back King Agag, but I destroyed everyone else. Then my troops brought in the best of the sheep, goats, cattle, and plunder to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.” But Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams. Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft, and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols. So because you have rejected the command of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.””

‭‭(1 Samuel‬ ‭15‬:‭10‬-‭23‬ ‭NLT‬‬)



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