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making room for blessings

2/28/2016

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I've been thinking about lonely people. There are elder folks living in their homes and apartments in varying degree of comfort. Some have family that keep in touch and others don't. Some have outlived all near relatives. There are street people who may share space in a shelter without ever sharing much about themselves with others residing there. There are folks who moved here from other lands and struggle to communicate, often leading very lonely lives of social isolation. Sometimes we are lonely in a crowd. Sometimes we are lonely when we are with our nearest and dearest.

The more people, the more loneliness it seems.

So taking a few moments to make eye contact, smile, greet, listen to a joke or story or even a tale of woe can help folks feel connected. Sometimes when we think we will be kind to another, we actually find we are blessed with connection too.

But no matter where we are or what we are experiencing this remains the most import thing to remember: My deepest, softest sighs are known to God; my longings, my fears, my hopes, my dreams, my frustrations are not hidden from my God. God loves in all places, at all times, during all circumstances whether we consider them a blessings or a challenge and responds with utter kindness, wisdom, endurance, hope, faith, joy and other abundant blessings pushed down and overflowing.

Won't you make room for God's blessings today?

Psalm 38:9: “O LORD, all my longing is known to you; my sighing is not hidden from you.”
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