Never Alone

Sometimes I feel incredibly alone. I can be in a crowded room and still feel lonely. I can be surrounded by family and friends yet still feel it. Or be sitting alone and feel it sinking into the atmosphere around me. This is something I have been dealing with for a while now. It’s a feeling that comes and goes. Of course it mostly shows up in difficult trials but can also show up during a good day/night. It’s this intense overwhelming feeling that can easily trigger depression. In the past I would seek something or someone to help take it away. Although I still get this feeling from time to time, now when it does come I’ve learned to cry out to the Lord. I go back to the word of God and remind myself that I am never alone. I know this is a lie from the enemy of my soul whose goal is to draw me away from God and wants me to doubt my faith. Even when tears are falling, I just keep speaking to God. I cry out for His help, for His comfort, His peace. I don’t believe for one second that God desires to bring loneliness to my life. In fact I know He doesn’t. But in His soverenty, He allows it. These are very real and raw moments that awaken my desperate need for Him and they allow me to verbally, spiritually, emotionally and physically proclaim the name of Jesus over the lie of loneliness. I think David in the Bible said it best when he said: “Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me.” Psalm 139:7-10. I may only be speaking to a few who deal with this but for those few, let me encourage and remind you that you are never alone. I don’t know if it’s your circumstance that is causing the loneliness. It could be that you feel alone in your motherhood or your marriage. Maybe alone while attending college in another state or a recent passing of a loved one. Or in my case, feeling alone in singleness. Let’s not run to anything or anyone to mask the pain, let’s focus our eyes on the King and seek Him to get us through. We can be encouraged that Jesus is always with us and His Holy Spirit lives inside of us. His love is all around us. When loneliness comes in your life, cry out to the Lord. In the midst of the confusion and the doubts, cry out to God. I know He will reveal Himself to you again and again and again. Don’t believe the lie, we are never ever alone.

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With Me Always (lyrics by LIFE Worship):

Speak I am here

Take my hand and hold me near

Cause hope feels so far

Please remind me of who You are

Please remind me of who You are

When my faith becomes a battle

I will find You in the shadow ~

You are with me always

You are with me always

When my eyes can’t see

I know You are here with me ~

Love called for me

When my heart and flesh felt weak

Hope it carried me

Over death into victory

And now I stand in Your victory ~

You are with me always

You are with me always

When my eyes can’t see

I know You are here with me ~

As faithful as the stars at night

As endless as the heavens height

Your mercy floods like morning light

You’re with me

As faithful as the stars at night

As endless as the heavens height

Your mercy floods like morning light

You’re with me ~

You never left and You never will

You never left and You never will

You never left and You never will

You’re with me

You never left and You never will

You never left and You never will

You never left and You never will

You’re with me