Two Kinds of People

                                        Relationships are hard work!
We were created to co-habit this earth and 'relate' with each other; and when we don't, we get lonely or selfish and sometimes weird.  Some people call themselves 'loners', meaning they prefer to be in their own company most of all.  Others call themselves 'people persons', meaning they have to have people interaction constantly.  Because of our distinct personalities and differences those relationships that do flourish, happen only after some work & investment and even then! sometimes people end up 'un-related'.

Givers &Takers: 
Givers:
"Give to the poor"
"Give offerings to charities"
"Give the shirt off their backs"
"Give above and beyond the call of duty"
"Give away their life savings"
"Give into temptation"
"Give the enemy a foot hold"
"Give it all away"

Takers:
"Take it all!"
"Take a little at a time"
"Take everything they can get"
"Take dominion in times of hardship"
"Take their responsibility seriously"
"Take the hardest job"
"Take away the bad things.
"Take their rightful place"
"Take what's rightfully theirs".

Which category would you say you fall into?  Well at first I wanted to say "I'm a giver" then after some examination I realized that I'm a taker too. At different times I've been one or the other; shamefully I must confess that sometimes I'm a giver at the wrong time or a taker with a wrong heart. Eccl. 3:6 "a time to get and a time to lose"

In every kind of relationship there is give and take, sometimes it seems unbalanced and other times it is unbalanced!  Regardless, relationships are needful and investing into one or two is definitely worth it.