Throughout life, I have met many people: then we part company. Some, I see again and friendships are renewed.
Others, not so much.
My second wife divorced me in a very painful manor.
I wish we could be friends.
Last year, I spent a lot of time and energy hoping for a truce and understanding. I know that a friendship could benefit both of us immensely. This will not happen. Although she has a masters degree in psychology, and (well, guess what I am writing about) I know we could benefit each other’s work. But no such collaboration will happen.
To my way of thinking this flies in the face of everything God commands.
I offered an olive leaf of friendship. My offerings were rejected.
I enjoy the company of her husband. We get along well. But she threatens him with divorce if he speaks to me. Is there a problem somewhere?
This year, I will make no such offering. I have come to accept that not everything in this world is the way God wants it — even among Christian believers. There are some, even though I now understand, I cannot encourage.
It is as it is. One thing I have learned: God will not interfere with the freewill he gave. He can move mountains, but he will not move a hard heart.
The opposite of love is aloneness.
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