we are dealing here on the front porch with loneliness and how you deal with
it. first of all you utilize your
time. make the best of a bad situation.
and then you minimize the hurt. you play it down. you don’t rehearse it. you don’t go over and over it. that just makes it bigger and more painful. you refuse to become resentful.
paul who was in prison writes in 2 timothy 4.16 (niv), at my first defense no one came to my support but everyone deserted me. his response: may it not be held against them. he is not going to be bitter. resentment only makes you lonelier. it builds walls around your life. nobody likes to be around a cynic or critic or resentful person. it just makes you more lonely. it drives people away. minimize your hurt. play it down. you don’t make a big deal about it.
after that you recognize GOD’s presence.
where is GOD when you’re lonely? HE’s right there with you. there is no place that you are that GOD is not. GOD is everywhere. you just need to open your eyes and see, “he is here with me.” verse 17 (niv), but the LORD stood at my side and gave me strength. JESUS said, i will never leave you. no matter where you go, GOD’s presence is with you. open your eyes!
there is no place that you are that GOD isn’t. when you’re lonely, you utilize the time. make the best of a bad situation. you make the most of it. utilize your time and minimize the hurt. don’t make a big deal about it. play it down and pray it up as schuller says. minimize the hurt.
then recognize GOD’s presence. paul says, “i’m here all alone. i’m in a roman prison, dark, dank roman prison. at the end of my life, i’m going to die, and all of my friends have left me.” but the LORD stood at my side and gave me strength.
prayer is a powerful antidote to loneliness. david got very lonely. read the psalms. david would say, “GOD, i’m lonely! i don't like it!” and he poured out his hurt to GOD. some of the most beautiful psalms were written in times of loneliness. david said, where can i go from YOUr presence? if i go up to heaven, YOU’re there. if i go to sheol, YOU’re there. if i take the wings of a dove, where would i fly? YOU’re there! you can’t get away from GOD’s presence, so open your eyes and recognize.
amy grant wrote a song, “i love a lonely day, because it forces me to focus on GOD.”
you minimize, you utilize, you recognize.
just a thought from the front porch…
and then you minimize the hurt. you play it down. you don’t rehearse it. you don’t go over and over it. that just makes it bigger and more painful. you refuse to become resentful.
paul who was in prison writes in 2 timothy 4.16 (niv), at my first defense no one came to my support but everyone deserted me. his response: may it not be held against them. he is not going to be bitter. resentment only makes you lonelier. it builds walls around your life. nobody likes to be around a cynic or critic or resentful person. it just makes you more lonely. it drives people away. minimize your hurt. play it down. you don’t make a big deal about it.
after that you recognize GOD’s presence.
where is GOD when you’re lonely? HE’s right there with you. there is no place that you are that GOD is not. GOD is everywhere. you just need to open your eyes and see, “he is here with me.” verse 17 (niv), but the LORD stood at my side and gave me strength. JESUS said, i will never leave you. no matter where you go, GOD’s presence is with you. open your eyes!
there is no place that you are that GOD isn’t. when you’re lonely, you utilize the time. make the best of a bad situation. you make the most of it. utilize your time and minimize the hurt. don’t make a big deal about it. play it down and pray it up as schuller says. minimize the hurt.
then recognize GOD’s presence. paul says, “i’m here all alone. i’m in a roman prison, dark, dank roman prison. at the end of my life, i’m going to die, and all of my friends have left me.” but the LORD stood at my side and gave me strength.
prayer is a powerful antidote to loneliness. david got very lonely. read the psalms. david would say, “GOD, i’m lonely! i don't like it!” and he poured out his hurt to GOD. some of the most beautiful psalms were written in times of loneliness. david said, where can i go from YOUr presence? if i go up to heaven, YOU’re there. if i go to sheol, YOU’re there. if i take the wings of a dove, where would i fly? YOU’re there! you can’t get away from GOD’s presence, so open your eyes and recognize.
amy grant wrote a song, “i love a lonely day, because it forces me to focus on GOD.”
you minimize, you utilize, you recognize.
just a thought from the front porch…
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