I am not alone.
There are moments when the world is seemingly empty and I fall weak, failing to acknowledge this fact. I look around, hopeful that someone or anyone will be standing next to me, or behind me, or in front of me, just for the sake of having someone to share the emptiness with. In these moments, it is to no avail. I feel hated, or abandoned, or forgotten. I feel alone.
It is in these dark moments that I must force myself to remember—I am not alone.
As any sinner can attest, it can sometimes be difficult to put worldly possessions and problems aside and focus on The One who gave me life. When situations come crashing down over my head and I feel helpless, I regrettably tend to blind myself to God's aiding hand. I get caught up in my life's despairs instead of focusing on the magnificent gifts that I have been blessed with and the plan that God has set for me long before I could think of one myself. I allow loneliness to settle around me like a cloak of hopelessness. But I am never alone.
People will fail me, but God never will. Even when I am disappointed by the ones I trust the most, even when I expect people to stand beside me—yet they are absent, even when not a single soul will offer a helping hand, God is with me. He will protect me from anything that I can not handle, and ensure that everything happens according to His plan. I am not alone.
Certain times in my life, along with everyone else's life, can be trying. I am thrown into situations that may seem impossible to escape at several points in my journey. I must remember during these times that no matter what I am facing, God knows I can get through it. It is said in 1 Corinthians 10:13, "No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it." I must exercise patience and trust in God throughout my troubles, for I am never alone.
The moments of sheer loneliness will continue to occur, just as much as I will continue to sin. But I must remind myself: when I look next to me and find only uncertainty, when I look behind me and find only the ghosts of my past, when I look in front of me and find only insecurity, I need only to look up, and there I will find Salvation.
I am not alone.
"Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for You are with me." —Psalm 23:4
