People come into our life for a Reason, a Season or a Lifetime. When we know which one it is, we will know what to do for that person.

When someone is in our life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need we have expressed. They have come to assist us through a difficulty, to provide us with guidance and support, To aid us physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a God send and they are. They are there for the reason we need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on our part or at an inconvenient time,this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force us to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer we sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

Some people come into our life for a SEASON, because our turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring us an experience of peace or make us laugh. They may teach us something we have never done. They usually give us an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real. But only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach us lifetime lessons, things we must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Our job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what we have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of our life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant. ("one who sees clearly").

No one has greater love [no one has shown stronger affection] than to lay down (give up) his own life for his friends. (John 15:13 AMP)
A friend loves at all times...(Proverbs 17:17a AMP)
...but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. (Proverbs 18:24b AMP)