I know it might be hard for
you to understand right now, because of the place that you're in. But I want you to know that sometimes, it
takes learning how to be perfectly lonely, just so God can show you what being
perfectly loved feels like. Life isn't
always about searching so you can find - but at times, it's about being still -
so you can receive.
Too many times we let the
fear of loneliness put us in a situation that God never intended for us to be
in. We let the fear of loneliness force
us to chase after something God never intended for us to catch. We lose our identity because we are too
afraid to be still. We lose our identity
because we are too impatient to wait on God.
And I know personally, that you will always end up lost, when you move
without God's ordered steps; and your path will always be wrong when you don't
depend on God to direct it.
You gotta understand, it's
ok to have your relationship life on pause.
It's ok to have your social life on pause. It's ok to have that situation, whatever it
is for you, on pause. Sometimes that holding
pattern that you don't want is the blessing that your life needs. Holding patterns are necessary, because they
allow God to properly prepare you for what He has for you.
And I feel you. I know how you're feeling right now. I know it's a struggle for you to find
contentment in your life's silence. But
you gotta understand, that the quieter your life becomes, the more you can hear
God speaking to your heart. The more
still your life becomes, the more you can feel God's presence in your
life.
Don't make the mistake of
putting yourself in the wrong situation, because of loneliness. Don't chase after something because you're
lonely - but be still, and let God bring it to you, because you're ready. Listen to me - He will reveal the right
situation, under the right circumstances - but He first wants to make you His,
before He gives you to somebody else. He
first wants to let you know everything you are - you're loved, you're special,
you're beautiful, you’re talented - before this world tries to tell you
everything you're not.
And I'll leave you with
this: the strongest person isn't the one
who can always move forward. Sometimes
it's the one who has the strength to be still.
The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect
you. You trust that. You believe in that. And you keep practicing that smile.
~~~~~Trent Shelton - on loneliness
