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Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?__mos 3:3__oes This Person Belong in your Life?__ toxic relationship is like a limb with gangrene: unless you amputate it the infection can spread and kill you. Without the courage to cut off what refuses to heal, you__l end up losing a lot more. Your personal growth - and in some cases your healing - will only be expedited by establishing relationships with the right people. Maybe you__e heard the story about the scorpion who asked the frog to carry him across the river because he couldn__ swim. ____ afraid you__l sting me,_ replied the frog. The scorpion smiled reassuringly and said, __f course I won__. If I did that we__ both drown!_ So the frog agreed, and the scorpion hopped on his back. Wouldn__ you know it: halfway across the river the scorpion stung him! As they began to sink the frog lamented, __ou promised you wouldn__ sting me. Why__ you do it?_ The scorpion replied, __ can__ help it. It__ my nature!_ Until God changes the other person__ nature, they have the power to affect and infect you. For example, when you feel passionately about something but others don__, it__ like trying to dance a foxtrot with someone who only knows how to waltz. You picked the wrong dance partner! Don__ get tied up with someone who doesn__ share your values and God-given goals. Some issues can be corrected through counselling, prayer, teaching, and leadership. But you can__ teach someone to care; if they don__ care they__l pollute your environment, kill your productivity, and break your rhythm with constant complaints. That__ why it__ important to pray and ask God, __oes this person belong in my life?