Friday:
The third thing Paul did was to
recognize God’s presence.
“The Lord stood at my side and
gave me strength” (v.17) the bible repeatedly reminds us that God is there for
us:
“I will not leave you orphans”
John 14:18
“Never will I leave you; never
will I forsake you”: Hebrews 13:5
God s always there no matter where
you are or what you are doing. I remember my mom used to tell me that God was
always there watching me. I think here motives were different; she didn’t want
me getting into mischief so she reminded me that even if she wasn’t here
watching that God was there. And He is there, always.
As King Saul chased David, David
asked (rhetorically I believe) “Where shall I go from Your Spirit? Or where
shall I flee from Your Presence? If I ascend up 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 shall Your
hand lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me. “Psalm 139:7-9
Singer Amy Grant has a song that
says:”I love a lonely day. It makes me think of you….it chases me to you. It
clears my heart.”
The last thing that Paul did to deal with the loneliness was
to empathize with other people and their needs.
When I read the article about Matthew Warren it was followed
by a blog. The first few comments were empathetic toward the Warren family and shared their condolences.
However, it quickly became a position point for others to attack Christianity
and believers in general. They attacked the Warrens, their supposed politics
and even God himself. The blog quickly turned vile and unreadable, anything but
empathetic.
Remember God understands loneliness. He experienced himself.
Remember the night before He was to be crucified and He sat in the Garden of Gethsemane
He understands
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