09/01/2026
2026 just started.. Reposting this article by Bishop Emi Domingo.. May we always have a better perspective this year. 🙏
The Two Types of People Whom God Has Placed in Your Life
Bishop Emi Emmanuel Domingo
There are two types of people God has placed in your life. The first one is, the people who are there only for a season; and the second one is, the people who are there for all seasons.
You need to remember this, seasonal people will surely go because they are not meant to stay for a longer time. You don’t need to blame anyone or any circumstance for that matter. It’s bound to happen, only a matter of time. They have to go not because they are bad people (although some of them are), it’s just that God has placed them in your life only for a season, and sad to say, the season is over. Wisdom tells us, there is a season for everything (Eccl. 3:1), some are just longer, while others are shorter, at times even shorter than you realized.
The apostle John helps us understand this, he writes: “They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us” (1 John 2:19). Take note, if they had belonged to us, they would have stayed with us. The reason they went from us is that they did not really belong to us. These are the people whom God has placed in your life for a season. One of the hardest words to say is “Good bye” but there comes a time that you need to say it, say it with poise.
The apostle Paul had a similar predicament. He writes, “Everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes” (1 Tim. 1:15). Ouch! It hurts, everyone deserted Paul. This is terribly painful. And yet, what can he do? Nothing, just accept the fact that there are seasonal people in your life like Phygelus and Hermogenes. The apostle Paul continues, “May the Lord show mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains” (Verse 16). Keep in mind that despite the betrayal, God refreshes you through the “Onesiphoruses” of your life. These are the real friends who will stay with you through thick and thin, in good times and bad times. Wisdom tells us that real friends love at all times (Prov. 17:17). Don’t mind the “Phygeluses” and the “Hermogeneses”, these are the people whom God has placed in your life for a season –and the season is over. In God’s equilibrium, He has placed “Onesiphoruses” in your life to love you, to support you and to refresh you all throughout the many seasons of your life.
Don’t be discouraged by the people who have deserted you. But rather, be encouraged to know that there are people who decided to stay with you (few though) not because they need to take sides, but rather, these are people whom God in His infinite wisdom know that you need in the next season and/or in the many seasons of your life. On top of this, the new faces whom God in his foreknowledge has ordained to be part of your life for the next season.
Honestly, there is a mixed emotion here. You feel sad to say “good bye” –and at the same time, you feel excited to say “hello” to the new fellows.
Start the new year with the right perspective.
God bless us all 👍😀👍