Many people would simply say, "Get up and meet people. This is a big town; I don't understand how you could say you are lonely. Why you have me, don't you?"
But what about the people who are left alone when a loved one dies, or a dear friend of a life-time moves away? Or what about a parent who has lost a child, and can look around a room and see memory after memory of something they feel they can never have again?
Well, let me give you some hope today. It is a beautiful prayer that was written for people who live alone by Gaynell Pierce.
Dear Lord, I invite You
to live with me here.
Please stay with me always
through each passing year.
I need the protection
only you can provide --
Your guidance to know
Your truth from our lies.
May all who would visit
meet You in this place,
And through my words and conduct
feel Your love and grace.
As long as you're here, Lord,
I'm never alone!
Because of Your love, Lord,
this house is a home.
When I read this beautiful prayer, it does not stop the loneliness, but it gives life the meaning necessary to face another day.
Mid-Week Prayer
O God, we are never alone in Your presence. Christ proved that in the
But that is not really true. It is when we learn the prayer in the Garden that we realize that Jesus was with His Heavenly Father, and in the company of this loving grace, He was never without counsel and comfort.
God, let us take our loneliness this day and open it to the light of Your presence so we might find strength and love forever. We pray this in the blessed name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
This has been Rev. Jim Massey. Next Epistle we will talk about decisions about the day.
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