When all came crashing down around me several months ago there were some who turned their backs on me, in blog life and real life and I suffered great loss.

There were also those who rallied around me though and stood strong for me, prayed for me in a way that I never had had assurance that anyone ever did, and held me up, much like Aaron did for Moses, with their strong arms of faith and love. Some of the ones I expected would stand with me didn't.....some who I expected to reject me didn't. Like I quoted a couple of posts ago....adversity certainly helps you know who really loves you and who your true friends are.

You all know who you are, so I won't go about mentioning names, but I just want to say thank you so much for everything. I couldn't have asked for a better bunch of friends. Belle did a post recently that I just saw taken from a sermon that my man Bishop Jakes did. This is part of it:

LET IT GO ~
By T.D. Jakes

There are people who can walk away from you.
When people can walk away from you: let them walk. You don't want to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying attached to you. Hang up the phone.

When people can walk away from you, LET THEM WALK. Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left.

The Bible said that, they came out from us that it might be made manifest that they were not for us. For had they been of us, no doubt they would have continued with us. ~1 John 2:19

People leave you because they are not joined to you. If they aren't joined to you, you can't make them stay.

And it doesn't mean that they are a bad person. It just means that their part in the story is over. And you've got to know when people's part in your story is over ... So that you don't keep trying to raise the dead.

You've got to know, you've got to know when it's over. Let me tell you something. I've got the gift of good-bye. It's the tenth spiritual gift, I believe in good-bye. It's not that I'm hateful, it's that I'm faithful, and I know whatever God means for me to have He'll give it to me. If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to you and was never intended for your life, then you need to ..

LET IT GO

Thank you for that Belle. I lifted it from your blog without permission (I heard you were in the hospital so I didn't want to bother you) but I was certain you wouldn't mind. When I read it I cried. In case you didn't know, I don't like goodbyes. This was hard, hard, hard. I am going to keep this word in my mind and in my heart. I need to hear it often.

I love you all,

POH