Boundaries of Kindness

Lord,

I am still bothered by my severed relationship with a colleague. Lord, do I still need to make peace with her or not anymore?

Yet again, I guess we really have a peaceful co-existence only that our friendship has been severed. Lord, is it for the better? Probably. For when we were still close, I would just be exposed to inappropriate words and crude, green jokes that would just defile my heart and mind. I guess, it is better this way. Yet, You have taught us to be kind to our enemies. Kind but we don't really have to be friends with them, letting them enter our life and be in our inner circle. Lord, what do You have to say about this? What do I do with my relationship with her even if she is being so cold and indifferent to me?

"And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap if we do not give up." -Galatians 6:9, ESV-

I will just do good even if I get negative response. Lord, help me to just handle rejection in a proper and godly way. Help me that in spite of possible rejections, still I will do good knowing that I do those things for You and Your glory. Help me to outgrow the feeling of rejection, help me not to define myself on how others act and respond towards me and only get my definition and meaning as a human being from You. Thank You Father. I don't really have to be friends with them but just at peace. Give me more wisdom for me to understand fully this concept of Yours and apply them in my life. Thank You Lord, Amen.

Boundaries of kindness. I guess, there is no really boundary for that as long as we have God. Only we have limits as to whom we should let inside our lives and our hearts to become our inner circle of friends. Even Jesus did not become friends with everyone when He was here but He was kind and good to everybody. He did not withhold His kindness and goodness; Only He was choosing carefully as to whom He could let inside His life during His time here. I guess, this should be my standpoint and the principle of my life.