Never Alone!

Never Alone

9.23.15

"Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."

Isaiah 41:10

I had a flashback in the middle of the night.  I woke up briefly and was wide awake for just a bit.  When that happens, my first thought tends to be "is it starting again?"

You see, I've just come out of a long period of months and months of sleepless nights. They weren't the tossing and turning kind of nights....they were Cardiac PTSD nights with pain, endless shivering, panic attacks, never more than 3 hours of sleep. They were torturous, but... Just for awhile.....just until I realized that my head knowledge had to become my heart knowledge! That just reciting all those verses wouldn't do.

I look back now, and while I'm thrilled to be mostly symptom-free, I wouldn't trade those months of dark nights for anything.

It was there in those times that I truly found out that we as Christians are never, ever alone!  I learned that we are wrapped in the Eternal Arms of Love during times of intense pain! I learned that He draws very near to those who are broken-hearted. (Mine really was!) And, I learned how to pray.

You may be going through your own season of dark and stormy nights. You may feel forsaken and alone and your pain may be unbearable.  Oh, can I tell you that if you know Him, you are never alone!! 

No matter what the enemy is whispering in your ear today to the contrary, our Loving Father can turn times of intense suffering into times of triumph, times of deep loneliness into times of sweet communion with Him, and He can lift you when you feel like you haven't the strength to hold your own head up and help you to soar with Him above what once felt like hell on earth.

No matter how things appear or how dark your days and nights.... You are never alone!

How blessed I am to be able to trace His hand through those long months! He never left me and He will never leave you or forsake you.

Trust in the Unseen Hand today!

May you seek His face

Before you face any other today!