YET I AM NOT ALONE

"Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me." John 16:32

I wonder if abandonment is just as painful if it's predicted. I wonder if knowing that those closest to us wouldn't be sticking around during the toughest times would lessen the blow in any way.

I doubt that the gift of foresight and omniscience lessens the loss; it may even heighten the pain.

Jesus was not surprised by anything anybody did. He knew that when the shepherd is struck down the sheep scatter (Matthew 26:31). But He didn't despair. When I read... "each will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me" I was awed and deeply encouraged.

I know we all have lost people close to us. Either by disease and death or by distance and time - we all lose people we love. If you have not, you will.

But remember the words of Jesus when you feel or are most alone - You are not alone, the Father is with you. If He can say it, know it, believe it at the toughest times He ever knew, we can too. xo