Never Alone

My husband was full of joy, fun, energy, and exuberance and being married to him was a life of adventure. When he left for Heaven, he left quite a vacant spot, and the ache of missing him has been overwhelming. I, at times, “felt” alone. I know that some can be in a room full of people and “feel” alone. I can’t say that I ever have experienced that, but the aloneness I have felt after my dear husband departed has been massive.  We literally did just about everything together. I knew the promises from the Bible which said that as one of God’s children I was never alone because the Lord was always with me; however, the physical absence of my husband put a shadow on those promises for me—for a time.  I reached out to family and friends and they reached out to me, which greatly helped, but still did not solve my aloneness, because after a visit or call they were no longer there, and I was again alone. Listening to my husband’s radio broadcasts and sermons directed me to the One who never leaves. The One who is always with me.  The One who understands my sorrow. The One that I can see if I am looking for Him—the Lord Jesus Christ.  My husband experienced much sorrow in his life, and he could, from first hand experience, proclaim that we are never alone!  

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So many times in the past year without my husband by my side I have felt as though I had been groping in a thick fog and to take another step forward seemed nearly impossible.  There was an inner struggle warring within me, but once that inner struggle ceased, I could see there was One who was with me, and the fog didn’t seem so thick and impenetrable. I wasn’t alone! My Savior, my Friend was there; He was always there.  It was the Lord Jesus Christ who used various people to help me through the most difficult times, and it was He who stayed with me when the people were gone.  My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.—Psalm 73:26. At times it seemed He wasn’t there, but all the time He was there with me.

I remember hearing my husband say when he shared the story of  his second wife’s illness, “Dr. Jack Hyles did so much for me. He was a true friend to me, but he couldn’t go home with me; he couldn’t fill the need in my life that my wife’s illness brought; but there was One who did go home with me and who did fill the need—Jesus Christ. “ The Lord Jesus is our burden bearer. We can take our cares to Him, and when we cast them upon Him, He gives us His peace, His presence, His comfort. The Word of God is our help, our guide, our strength and our comfort.  When we seek the Lord, we will find Him; we will be able to see Him in everything.  The Bible says that the clouds are the dust of His feet—Nahum 1:3.  I love clouds! I can imagine the Lord walking up and down and all around especially when there is a sky full of them, and it makes me feel He is so close to me.  I remember one time during an emotionally difficult time that I was driving to town. Tears were streaming down my face and as I looked at the sky there wasn’t a cloud to be seen. As I came up to a stop sign, I cried out to the Lord that I needed to “see” Him!. I did the usual look left, look right, look left again, then look forward and began to ease on the gas pedal to move forward.  As I did I could see in the distance a wisp of a cloud. My heart was quieted, my tears dried up, and I exclaimed, “Thank you, Lord!”  The Lord used that cloud to say to me, “I’m here!” The Lord Jesus is an ever present help. He is there. In Christ, we are never alone!

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