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Dear Friend,
I love you, but your interests are no longer my own. I want to support you, be there for you, and help you with what I can but I can no longer be with you in the same manner I was with you before.
I am a new person; I am a work in progress, but a new work nonetheless. I have changed inside and you may not believe it or see it yet, but things are different. I don’t want you to think that I am doing this because I love you less — that isn’t the case. If anything, I am now able to love deeper than I ever have.
But, my heart is now occupied by Someone who has taught me to live differently, to strive for different objectives, and I cannot walk down the old path I was on. Not anymore and not ever again. I’m sorry. I simply cannot ignore Him and I don’t want to. Please understand.
I hope you can comprehend my reasons. I will still care, I will pray for you, and I will be here if you need it. But please, do not ask me to lead the same life I had before I met Him. It’s impossible. This is what is best for me and I am happy; be glad for me too.
Always,
Your Friend.
( f i r s t ) love
We’re often told that we must love ourselves in order to be able to love others. I challenge that with this: First, you must love God; everything else will fall into place thereafter. So the next time you’re feeling down, worthless, and lonely remember that God came in flesh, to die for you, because He loves you that much. There is absolutely nothing worthless about you.
Once you’re able to love God first, all other forms of love will become “enabled” in your heart; it’s truly magical that way. Trust in God, believe in Him, and love the One who has loved us first. Your life will never be the same once you place the Almighty on the throne of your heart.
" Other ‘Christian’ girls may watch the same movies, listen to the same music, wear the same clothes, and have all the same pop culture addictions as the rest of the world with just slightly higher morals tacked on. But God has called us to a higher standard-the very standard of Jesus Christ. And I believe it’s time we become worthy of the calling we have received. "
- Leslie Ludy (Set-Apart Femininity: God’s Sacred Intent for Every Young Woman)
(Source: set-apartgirl)
