There have been times in my life when I've had absolutely nothing. I've been alone, and broken, with no money, home or job of my own. In those loneliest places it's hard for even family and friends to share that space.
Even God seemed blacked out of the picture, even though I knew he was still there. And looking back, I could see it. But it was in those stark places that I learnt something that has held me through the rest of my years. He is my rock. Everything else changes - but he never does!
I have learned through time that the thing I crave most is to be loved. I suspect it's the same for all of us. (They've even lost babies for lack of it when all else has been provided!) And it's often when the love we seek fails us, that our worlds crash down.
But I've found an abundance of vibrant and beautiful love in him that continuously feeds that need in me! When I am left with absolutely nothing else, I still have that! And it lifts me up!
I am like those beautiful hot air balloons that float in the air above Melbourne city on crisp mornings like this! (I used to love watching them on my drives to work!) Without him I'm just a wrinkled mass of material strewn lifeless on the ground. But with his incredible love aflame within me, I can fly! And lift others with me!!
He is my constant source of my soul's greatest need! And I will cling to the love in him when all else fails!
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