RELATIONSHIP SERIES 3 - RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILY & FRIENDS

RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE WHO CARE ABOUT YOU (FAMILY & FRIENDS)

Hi guys.👋 How are you doing? Hope you’re good. Thank God for life to see a new week. I believe it’s full of great things for us and we receive it in Jesus Name, AMEN. We have been talking about relationships so far. Last week, we talked about our relationship with people generally. This edition of my blog post is streamlined to the people who care about us and our lives matters to them in particular i.e. our Family and Friends.💖

Family is so important as it’s the first social setting we get in contact with. We can choose our friends and every other thing but we can’t choose the family we are in. God is very wise that it is not so because we know if we were left to choose the family we want to be in, we’ll choose all the high classy rich family but have you asked yourself, who will choose the poor or ‘not so rich’ families?💁 So, you see that God was actually specific about the family He put us in. We are there for a reason. Yes, some of our families are not so great but we cannot abandon them rather we can be the change needed to help them. This reminds me of the story of Joseph in the bible where he had 11 brothers that he used to tell his dreams to but they were envious of him most especially because he was his father’s favorite son. Yes, I can say of a fact that it wasn’t so good for him as his brothers treated him wrongly but guess what? God put him in that family for a specific purpose (i.e. to save his family, Israel in the time of famine) so you see, rather than complaining why God put you in your family when it seems like it’s not the best you wanted and left to you, you would have chosen a better family, see it as He put you there for a particular purpose, to lift your family up, so stay positive and love them, care for them, relate with them and be the change you want to see in your family. It will get better I assure you that. Those who come from a perfect family that has everything going good for them, beautiful!😍 You are blessed with an amazing family. Therefore, our relationship with our family is very important because if anything happens to us, most of the time, it’s our family members that are our first point of contact. You can’t hate them despite what has been done to you. They are your family and they love you whether they show it or not. God gave them to you so love them no matter what happens, this is a strong bond that shouldn’t be broken.💪💫

Friends are amazing to have in one’s life. Friends make or mar you depending on who you choose to be your friend and take note, I’m not talking about acquaintances. I’m talking about your true friends that you can freely relate anything to. Your friends should align to your goal. They should be people of the same like-mind that are going in the same direction as you are to achieve your goals. They should help you and strengthen you, not pull you down or sap you like FFBs (Friends for benefits) who only love you for what they can get from you. They should love like a brother and a sister to grow together. No jealousy or tit-for-tats. It’s pure love as you desire your friend to grow not to pull them down. I’m emphasizing on this because I see a lot of people call themselves friends to someone yet back-stabbing them which is very painful leading to trust issues and all other traumas. This is not ought to be so. As a genuine friend, you rejoice for the success of one another, encouraging one another to keep doing better and become great in life. I have had good friends that I cherish so much and would forever respect to this day and also encountered some bad friends who didn’t mean well for me and were toxic therefore I had to cut them off. Thank God we have the option of choosing the friends we keep. So choose wisely.👌💫

We are told that we are and become greatly influenced by at least 5 people we mostly relate with so why not surround yourself with good friends that embody the values, principles and shoot for the same goals that you’ll like to attain. On this journey of life, on your way to success, carry your family and friends along so you’ll have people to be accountable to in order to achieve your goals and as well, people to turn to when the going gets tough so they can encourage you to keep going and not stop. You can make it. I believe in you. God believes in you. See you at the top.😘💥

-         - God’s Chosen (Chuks)😇

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