It is great to
have friends. It is fun to spend time
with those you like, and quite often those relationships can lead to work and
service opportunities that are truly fulfilling. As for loneliness, few pains in life can be
so bleak and unending. It can feel as if
the world is going on right outside your window, completely ignoring you.
Yet the person
with a thousand friends and the person with none have something in common. Their social situation is nothing compared
with their relationship with God.
Friends come and go. God never
moves. The darkness of being alone can
be illuminated by the One Who is light.
Pause on these words from Jesus.
God our Father loves you. He
loves you. Put your own name into this
verse. Say it out loud. Let it sink in. God.
Loves. You.
Life is too much
to bear alone, and if you think that you are handling it just fine with the
friends and family around you, remember that they, like you, are only
human. Life is too much for mere human
strength to handle. God loves you, and
that is your true source of strength.
Jesus, I do love
You. Thank You for reminding me that
this love is not a one way street, that Your Father and mine loves me even
more.
Copyright © 2015 by Steven R. Perkins
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