Hebrews 13:5 “...Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
Matthew 28:20 "...And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Today a word pricked my ear, a single word that can make some people feel all hope is gone, a single word that sometimes will make a person do things or say things that normally they would never do or say. Sometimes a word that never showed much value or merit in your life can all of a sudden be THE word that describes you completely and yet at the same time make you feel so incomplete. The word I'm writing of is, alone. I think for all of us at some point in our life we've felt this word and it's meaning. When I find myself longing to just be "left alone", I realize in that split second how impossible that would be... my God never leaves me, He is with me always. Don't get me wrong, I cherish quiet moments. Those moments of my life where I have just that small bit of time to take in a deep breath and feel no one around. There are many people that feel they don't get enough of these small moments and yet there are still far more that feel that they have too many of these moments of feeling alone. One moment after the other, unable to feel the warmth from another person or the voice of someone acknowledging them for who they are and the purpose they have in this life.
The word tells us that we are never alone. Even in our darkest moments, when we feel that we don't have a soul in this world that cares about our well being or what's going on in our lives we do have someone, THE ONE, walking along side us and speaking life into into us. When we feel the world has left us, that all that remains is dispair and hopelessness...remember that your Heavenly Father has a plan and purpose for your life. Your life is not your own to take for granted, you were designed, you were born with a purpose that only you can fulfill. You do not walk this journey alone, we have a maker that cares enough, that loves enough, whose grace is enough to see us through to the next moment. Reach out to Him, take Him by the hand and hold on. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9N7dhmdC60&feature=related
Are you feeling alone? Do you look around you and see someone else sinking in depression and feeling no one cares or that no one is listening? Be that someone. Be someone that God can use in a mighty way to fend off that single word, alone, for someone else. You may just find that you aren't as alone as you thought you were.
Blessings,
Heather
