โCome away with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest,โ Jesus says.
This is a must.
๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ, ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ! {Vance Havner}
So, how are you doing? Are you ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต mentally? Emotionally? I was. I needed to get away from the voices in my inbox, on the tv, in my home, and in my head. I took a long walk in the quiet dawn to listen to the only Voice that can speak Words of Life into me. The still, small Voice that commands the storm inside me, โ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ.โ
โ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ.โ
โ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ.โ
Who is God? He is God. I cannot be. He sees me. He knows me. He loves me. ๐๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ: The cries of my heart, the fears, the frustrations, the longings, the sorrows, the failures.
โYou have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle…โ Psalm 56:8
He comforts me, reminds me of His presence in my reality. Of how desperately I need Him for my own joy.
It sounds strange to encourage aloneness in the midst of social distancing and isolation. But whether youโre single or in a house full of people, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ช๐จ.
โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ; ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ.โ ๐๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ท๐ผ:๐ท๐ท