I'm so lonesome I could cry
How do you get past that hole in your heart knowing that the one you love has lost his or her battle with cancer
Your life is in turmoil trying to come to grips with being gay and figuring out how to share the news with family and friend
The money you invested was your families retirement only to find out the investment was a fraud and you lost it all, the burden of how to reveal this to your spouse is killing you
The group of friends you have been hanging out with hate something that you secretly support
Your son committed suicide last year and the pain of wondering why you did not do more is wrecking havoc on your life
The dead end job you have worked for years has taken it's toll on your hopes and dreams to the point you struggle to even face yourself in the mirror
Your parents sent you to college for four years yet deep down you are not comfortable with the field they chose for you
These are actual comments that I have gotten from people in the last few weeks. The pain of living your life outward is so difficult because only you know what you face inward. Each person reading this has some sort of trial in life right this minute. It may not be anything like what was written above yet the hole in the center of your heart is just as big.
The grace disguised we all seek in our suffering fails to manifest itself in a way that we can understand many times. We pray to God for healing while trying to comfort ourselves with the words "if it is his will". The question is what is the will of God. That is a question that will be debated a million different ways in churches around the world. When the will of God shines favor on us we believe that everyone should feel the way we feel. When lightning strikes and his will goes against us we cannot understand how others can speak so lovingly about a God that just hurt us
This is an up and down journey of faith that will never be fully understood. With that I would like to speak about the human realm and some small things we can do. Just today on my blog a woman that is hurting because her husband is suffering from the final stages of cancer was comforted by a woman that recently lost her husband to the same awful disease. The connection was great for both because one was seeking to fill the void that was lost while the other is trying so desperately to hold on to hope. God created the circumstances that brought these two people together. Grace has found a way.
You see when we are open to finding the grace of God and to accepting that we all fall short then we can begin to find the hope that truly does exist. We are all God's messengers on earth. We do not have to sort out the platform messages that come across in some of the pulpits. We simply have to love people and believe that we are all sinners seeking the same peaceful existence. If we can move past the prejudices, bitterness, and judgement I believe that we can stop the lonesome cries that are killing the hearts of so many. The silent killer is not always illness it is often depression and life anxiety that leads to the lonely heart plea of why me.
Let's do our small part like the two women above and help someone that is seeking to gain their footing in life. Love does bridge the gap that grudges have dug so deep. Our differences can bring together our similarities. If you believe that we are all one body then you must believe that God made us different so that we could be made one. We are the unity the whole the completion of creation and in us the possibility for miracles exist. Be the instrument of peace and acceptance so that when those lonely moments happen we can reach out and close the wound with our hearts of love. In the movement we truly are the difference.
peace to you
Dale
Your life is in turmoil trying to come to grips with being gay and figuring out how to share the news with family and friend
The money you invested was your families retirement only to find out the investment was a fraud and you lost it all, the burden of how to reveal this to your spouse is killing you
The group of friends you have been hanging out with hate something that you secretly support
Your son committed suicide last year and the pain of wondering why you did not do more is wrecking havoc on your life
The dead end job you have worked for years has taken it's toll on your hopes and dreams to the point you struggle to even face yourself in the mirror
Your parents sent you to college for four years yet deep down you are not comfortable with the field they chose for you
These are actual comments that I have gotten from people in the last few weeks. The pain of living your life outward is so difficult because only you know what you face inward. Each person reading this has some sort of trial in life right this minute. It may not be anything like what was written above yet the hole in the center of your heart is just as big.
The grace disguised we all seek in our suffering fails to manifest itself in a way that we can understand many times. We pray to God for healing while trying to comfort ourselves with the words "if it is his will". The question is what is the will of God. That is a question that will be debated a million different ways in churches around the world. When the will of God shines favor on us we believe that everyone should feel the way we feel. When lightning strikes and his will goes against us we cannot understand how others can speak so lovingly about a God that just hurt us
This is an up and down journey of faith that will never be fully understood. With that I would like to speak about the human realm and some small things we can do. Just today on my blog a woman that is hurting because her husband is suffering from the final stages of cancer was comforted by a woman that recently lost her husband to the same awful disease. The connection was great for both because one was seeking to fill the void that was lost while the other is trying so desperately to hold on to hope. God created the circumstances that brought these two people together. Grace has found a way.
You see when we are open to finding the grace of God and to accepting that we all fall short then we can begin to find the hope that truly does exist. We are all God's messengers on earth. We do not have to sort out the platform messages that come across in some of the pulpits. We simply have to love people and believe that we are all sinners seeking the same peaceful existence. If we can move past the prejudices, bitterness, and judgement I believe that we can stop the lonesome cries that are killing the hearts of so many. The silent killer is not always illness it is often depression and life anxiety that leads to the lonely heart plea of why me.
Let's do our small part like the two women above and help someone that is seeking to gain their footing in life. Love does bridge the gap that grudges have dug so deep. Our differences can bring together our similarities. If you believe that we are all one body then you must believe that God made us different so that we could be made one. We are the unity the whole the completion of creation and in us the possibility for miracles exist. Be the instrument of peace and acceptance so that when those lonely moments happen we can reach out and close the wound with our hearts of love. In the movement we truly are the difference.
peace to you
Dale
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