Posted on 03/10/2021 2:15:32 PM PST by OneVike
Many times in my life I have been standing alone.
Like this picture. I remember standing alone at the edge of the Grand Canyon when I was hitchhiking through Arizona, wondering which way I would travel.
I remember standing alone, looking down at the grave of a dear sweet girl who had my heart when I was but 16. I also remember wondering if she would still be alive had I not gotten off the bus a block early. Or would she now be looking down at my grave all these years later.
I remember standing alone inside the tent that housed the game I worked for the Thomas shows, after the Carnival closed down for the night. It was my first time on acid. I was all alone, and it felt like the sides of the tent were moving in on me.
I remember standing alone as I looked down from the cliffs above the Mediterranean Sea not too far from Marseille France many, many years ago, wondering if I would ever again go home.
I remember standing alone as I looked through the fence of a prison, as I contemplated my future which at the time looked so bleak.
I remember standing alone on the wrong side of a railing as I looked down at the traffic on the freeway, wondering what I had to live for.
I remember standing alone on the sand bar of Padra Island, Corpus Christi Texas looking out at the Gulf, asking God why He took my son away.
I remember standing alone as I listened to the night owls hoot while I gazing out across Lava Lake above the Gallatin Canyon in MT, on Halloween night many, many years ago. Wondering if that noise I heard was a bear or a raccoon.
I remember standing alone at the top of Lone Mountain at Big Sky Ski Resort, looking down at all the tiny people, just before I headed into the Bowl.
I remember standing alone on top of a car screaming, with fear in my heart that she was dead, and I didn't want to live through the loss of another girl I loved.
I remember standing alone when I dropped to my knees and asked Christ into my heart. The adrenaline I felt reminded me af all those times I thought I was oh so alone.
That day, I finally realized that I was never alone. He had always been with me, holding me, and giving me strength as He nudged me forward to take the next step, because He knew, the day would come when I would ask Him into my heart.
Today, I'm never alone anymore, because even when it seems like I am, I know that He is always with me. Encouraging me, comforting me, and leading me in the direction He had long ago planned for me to take.
My days were numbered before the heavens and the earth were ever formed. My end is set in stone, and my salvation is soaked in His blood. When He brings me home, I pray I will have finished the tasks He has set before me, so that I can hear Him say, welcome home good and faithful servant.
Been there, done that, too. Amen.
Bkmrk
amen
Amen.
those last words are the ones we all want to hear when we come though this veil of tears. Then faith becomes pure knowledge! Hope you like the Gaithers:
“And then one day, I’ll cross the river,
I’ll fight life’s final war with pain;
And then, as death gives way to victory,
I’ll see the lights of glory and I’ll know He lives!”
—Bill Gaither
Yes I do, Thanks.
Cue Amazing Grace. Been there and nowhere. I’m going to pray for you, too.
God Bless you, some more.
“I’ll see the lights of glory and I’ll know He lives!”
Amen, and thank you.
This is so timely for me personally. God works in some not so mysterious way. He just works.
It’s not easy being the stable rock solid tough guy. No BS, This touched my heart.
Thank you.
To God be the glory. I wrote this in my journal, and for a while it sat there. Then the Holy Spirit moved me to share it in a few places. I was thinking, Why? No one will care about my devotional, but you know what?
I am getting compliments from people all over who say it touched their heart.
Praise be to God, He does work in mysterious ways.
All we have to do is be loyal and listen to Him.
Amen.
God Bless You, Chuck.
(((HUGS)))
Amen, my Friend.
Amen.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Sometimes it’s an immediate recognition of what the LORD has in plan for us is and why we live through some things; other times, it’s only as we look backwards in time we see what the LORD God wrought with what we’ve done in our lives.
Thank you, for the post. Your Sharee was such a lovely woman!
23 “Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
24 “That with an iron stylus and lead They were engraved in the rock forever!
25 “As for me, I know that my [f]Redeemer lives, And [g]at the last He will take His stand on the [h]earth.
26 “Even after my skin [i]is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall see God;
27 Whom I [j]myself shall behold, And whom my eyes will see and not another. My [k]heart faints [l]within me!
Thank you.
Amen, and thank you
Thank you for sharing.
Your profile page is quite a work. Will be days checking it out.
Welcome, and thanks.
It took many years to get my profile page right.
When then they changed a few months back, that pretty much made it impossible to contine.
I mean I could, but it would be too much hassle, so I started back using my blog.
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