To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven….-Ecclesiastes 3:1, NKJV
Not every battle is worth fighting with a disordered individual.
Not every bridge is worth maintaining.
Some battles are best left alone.
Some bridges are best burned.
There is a season for everything.
Many of us are not inclined to fight. That is not our first impulse in situations. We want peace.
Cheaters and disordered people know this, and they exploit it.
Along with that impulse for peace, we hold bridges are meant to be maintained as our mantra. Yet, I am convinced we need to mature in our understanding that some bridges need to be burned.
For example, bridges to toxic and abusive relationships ought to be destroyed for our own good. This is what loving God looks like–namely, burning such a bridge.
