Have you ever wondered why certain friendships suddenly ended, relationships abruptly changed, or why people walked away when you least expected it? What if it wasn’t rejection, but God’s divine protection and direction?

Not every goodbye is loss; sometimes it’s God’s strategic protection. “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails” Proverbs 19v21 (NIV).

Vlad Savchuk of HungryGen Church in Washington state spends 12 minutes discussing five reasons why God sometimes removes people from your life — and how to walk through these painful seasons with your faith intact.