This past weekend, I was able to take a small “staycation” in a town just outside Dallas. It was nice to get outside the normal and take a step back from life. In all truth, that is all that I thought I would get out of it…a small break from reality. God had a different plan.
If I can be transparent for a moment – I can admit to you that I have at time struggled with loneliness. I feel so alone sometimes that it brings about sorrow. I know that this is not just a state for my fellow singles, but for all people. We long for someone to know us. We want someone to understand us on a deep level – am I touching any nerves here?
I sat and ate my fast food breakfast in the park as a “start” to my day when the overwhelming sense of His presence came around me. Feeling so safe and secure, even the small anxiety of being a single female in a park without someone physically with me fell away. An overwhelming sense of freedom came upon me.
This feeling of freedom, being totally loved, totally cared for – that nothing was going to happen to me – carried me through the entire weekend. What a wonderfully eye-opening experience the Holy Spirit gave me. That, no matter if I look like I am alone physically, without another human there, I will never be without Him.
For those of you who understand what loneliness really is, whether you are single, married, a teenager, or anything in between – know that God loves you. He made you and understands who you are. He wants you to understand and see that no person can fully fulfill that need for relationship in our lives. We need to have a relationship with Him first and make that our foundation. Once we have that, we will never feel alone again.
I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence! If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there. If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me. I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night— but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you. (Psalms 139:7-12 NLT)
Pray this with me: Dear Holy Spirit, thank you for being my companion. Thank you for walking with me in all circumstances. Help me to understand in my loneliest times that you are still there with me. Don’t let me use the people in my life, even a spouse, to try to fulfill only what you can fulfill. I love you with my entire being. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Be blessed everyone!
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