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The Seven Deadly Friendships: How to Heal When Painful Relationships Eat Away at Your Joy QUOTES

1 " This same Jesus, though, didn't say we had to be in relationship with everyone. We are not to 'throw [our] pearls to pigs.' (See Matthew 7:6.) He didn't deeply entrust his heart to Pharisees. You see him slipping through the throng of people bent on killing him. Often he withdrew from crowds in order to be with his Father. His is a story of connection with others, yes, but it's also a reminder that relationships don't come with an easy-to-understand blueprint. "

― Mary E. DeMuth , The Seven Deadly Friendships: How to Heal When Painful Relationships Eat Away at Your Joy

2 " Remember the nature of knowing insider information. It's like a drug. It makes you feel both superior and special. But what if those rumors are false? And even if they are true, you didn't experience them firsthand, and there is most likely a slant to the story you know nothing about. "

― Mary E. DeMuth , The Seven Deadly Friendships: How to Heal When Painful Relationships Eat Away at Your Joy

3 " That's the crux of my prayer for you as you walk through difficult relationship -- that you would begin to see God's storytelling in your life even in the midst of pain and bewilderment. "

― Mary E. DeMuth , The Seven Deadly Friendships: How to Heal When Painful Relationships Eat Away at Your Joy

4 " So much growth can come in discord. The pain we walk through can become a catalyst to push us toward God. "

― Mary E. DeMuth , The Seven Deadly Friendships: How to Heal When Painful Relationships Eat Away at Your Joy

5 " When I became a Christian as a teenager, I gathered a false belief to myself that my Christian friends would be my forever friends. Surely, since we both loved Jesus and followed Him, we would always be in each other's lives. No one would hurt the other -- because Jesus! It didn't take long for that theory of mine to be tested by reality. "

― Mary E. DeMuth , The Seven Deadly Friendships: How to Heal When Painful Relationships Eat Away at Your Joy

6 " Sometimes dramatic people try to draw you into someone else's drama, and that never ends well. Interfering is like pulling on a dangerous dog's ears. Do it at your own peril. "

― Mary E. DeMuth , The Seven Deadly Friendships: How to Heal When Painful Relationships Eat Away at Your Joy

7 " When I've been in my dramatic states, friends who look beyond my spiraling downward are quick (and kind) to remind me of what is good in my life. They tell me the truth. This world is not all about me, nor am I just about to slip off the precipice of sadness. They help me see the blessings in the mess, the beauty underlying the mayhem. And when I have a dramatic friend, I can also offer this same perspective. "

― Mary E. DeMuth , The Seven Deadly Friendships: How to Heal When Painful Relationships Eat Away at Your Joy