174: Moving on from Difficult Friendships with Amber Durgan (Friendship Matters Series #8)
Amber Durgan is a wife, mama, blogger, podcaster, and co-author author of two books. Her heart is for encouraging and equipping women to build deeper relationships with Christ. Today she comes on the show to chat about the hard topic of having to move on from difficult friendships. What We Chat about in Today’s Episode: ~The hard and hurtful friendship seasons of life and how to handle them biblically ~Moving on from harmful friendships in a way that honors the Lord and also honors the other person ~Good that the Lord can graciously bring from even something as hard as broken friendships ~The Matthew 18 Method and what it looks like in friendships ~The importance of walking through a difficult friendship season with the right spirit and attitude ~Laying the brokenness aside and not letting it consume us ~How much easier our lives would be if we got out of our own ways and actually walked by the Spirit ~What our goal should be when we are moving on from a challenging friendship ~Blessing the other person, even when we have to move on from our friendship with them ~Some of our own experiences with broken friendships and good that God has brought from them ~The importance of going back out there and initiating friendship again ~How to know when it is time to move on from a harmful friendship ~What we're missing out on when we rush too fast to the step of "moving on" ~The part forgiveness plays even when we move on ~Reconciliation and what to do when only one party wants to reconcile ~Forgiveness as a journey; walking in continual forgiveness ~How things that happen in our lives are also meant to encourage and inspire others ~Being grateful for the blessings in your life ~Holding on to hope in the midst of hard seasons ~And more! For full shownotes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast