Not Alone

Romans 8:38-39

“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

It’s dark and cold. That season of life which seems to come around when you least expect it. Your friends are scarce. Loneliness creeps in trying to capture your last bit of hope. You wait for the phone to ring – for someone to acknowledge that you have been missed, but it never does. No doubt, that everyone is busy with life. Still, you wait.

Darkness tries to settle in and make itself home. Despair soon joins in the gathering of emotions working to rob you of hope. “How can this be,” you ask your self in an attempt to try to understand, “how can you know so many people and yet feel so all alone?”

Quietly, a still voice – the Holy Spirit – begins to speak. Gently reminding you of God’s love, that bond of unbreakable friendship made possible by the blood of Christ and through his Lordship you know you have a friend in Jesus – a friend who is calling and waiting for you with an inseparable love that conquers all fears. Darkness has no place to work it despair for nothing can separate God’s love for us.

“I am not alone.”

Remembering God’s promises brings life. Jesus is the light that destroys the darkness. In Jesus hope is restored. A new day dawns. There is more pain, more darkness and despair, there are others. Time to make a phone call…