Aloneness

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Alone – Aloneness is a scary word. Some of you know it well. There are those, I am sure, who will read no further than this first line or two because of the memories dredged up by doing something as simple as seeing the word on the page.

Not all aloneness is the result of betrayal. However, betrayal and aloneness are close neighbors. Betrayal can shove aloneness upon us with such force that it overwhelms us. It overcomes us. We lose hope. The darkness is an eternal night. The glimmer on the horizon is not the rising sun, but the last few rays of day before the blackness of everlasting night.

Please notice I use the word aloneness instead of loneliness. They are different, at least in my mind. Loneliness recognizes that there are people out there. There may even be some that we could be friends with, with whom we might feel a connection and companionship. We just haven’t met those people yet. We hope to meet them. We may even long to meet them, just not yet.

Aloneness has that quality of being on the planet all by yourself. No one is in your life and no one will ever be in your life. You are truly alone. It is a desperate, hopeless, lost feeling – a pit of the deepest, darkest blackness.

I know – a bit of cheery reading to help brighten your day.

I hope none of you have ever experienced what I am writing about, but my sad guess is that at least a few of you have, even if only for a moment. If you have been there, if you know that of which I speak from personal experience, then you too have a glimpse of what Jesus was willing to go through for you, in hopes that you will never have to feel that again.

Jesus’ aloneness was greater than any human being has ever endured. You see, Jesus had God Himself turn His back on Him as well because He bore the sins of you and me. We may feel separated from God, but the truth of the matters is that as long as there is breath and life in us – our Heavenly Father refuses to give up on us! That’s what Jesus’ alone time bought for you and for me – the knowledge that how ever many others may abandon us and turn their backs on us, leaving us all alone – our Savior NEVER will!

Pastor Craig