Into the Fire

Most people at some point in their lives have had a toxic relationship. Whether as kids or adults, some people must be put behind us in order for us to be free of their oppression. Not tossed aside like so much garbage but constructively set aside for good or until whatever their toxicity causes in us can be extinguished. If what they do can be remedied, healed, overcome, or dealt a courageous death blow in terms of eliminating the poison they spread, we can regain a relationship with them if we feel we can both handle it appropriately.

In some cases the "burning bridges" moniker must be assigned to a particular "thing". One of the warnings in the writing world is to be careful not to burn your bridges. "Burning bridges" implies a negative occurrence. After all, a fire can burn and destroy things, sometimes making them impossible to rebuild. However, as the picture above states, sometimes we need to let go of certain elements in a field, career, or activity, let alone with people, that somehow cause us damage or for our own protection. When we strive to attain a particular thing and it seems as though every avenue toward it is roadblocked, perhaps there are other more satisfying or worthy streets to follow to similar destinations.

Careful inventory and scrutiny of our lives should provide the necessary moves to get on the road God designed for us. I'm not suggesting it's always easy to find or that it doesn't include keeping some bridges solidly intact, but others probably should be incinerated because they keep enticing us to cross them yet again and deliver us to a place we were never intended to go.

Father, deliver me to the places you have just for me. They are where I need to be. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.