Saying

''God doesn't give you the people you want; He gives you the people you NEED... to help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you and to make you into the person you were meant to be." Unknown Author.

This is a saying that I have seen a few times and it always makes me think. Depending on where I am in my life’s journey, it will mean different things to me.

If I am having some kind of issue with someone, I wonder, what can this person be bringing to my life? What is the meaning of them being here? And why am I going through this? What did I do to deserve this? I never seem to have an answer to any of these questions.

When someone is loving me, I usually don’t question why they are in my life, I just like them being there and hope it continues. But how are they shaping my life?

Many times, we only discover how a person has changed our lives many years down the road as we come to realize that if that person had not been there, at that time, our lives could have gone in a totally different direction.

If God only gives you the people you need, then I wonder what are other people receiving from me that they need. Who am I to them? Have I hurt them? Loved them? How am I contributing to the person they are meant to be? 

Life is a journey, that’s for sure, but it can also be a mystery. We shouldn’t question everything. Just live!