At multiple points in Kingdom Hearts we are given access to “guest characters” who join our party and help us out for a little while, but they don’t get to travel with us beyond the world they were designed for. Ariel, Beast, Tarzan and many more became critical allies during one part of our story, but as we moved on to the next level their path diverged from ours because their story required them stay behind in their own. While it would be nice to bring Beast’s power or Ariel’s healing abilities with us into our next chapter, we have new friends to meet with different missions to complete. They didn’t stop caring about us…their destiny just lies on a different path than ours.

The parting of paths in our lives is never easy, especially when those who helped us through some of our most challenging times are either unable or unwilling to join us on the next leg of our journey. But just as John the Baptist wasn’t meant to be present for the entirety of Christ’s earthly ministry and both Paul and Barnabas eventually parted ways as they each pursued different paths, our stories will also be filled with both friendships and farewells. Let’s enjoy our intersections with the friends we make for as long as they last and wish each other well when they reach their conclusion… these unwanted endings are how the Lord leads us to new beginnings.

To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing. Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4-5

For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ. Colossians 2:5

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