Belonging (S2) : WK 5 - MON
(Psalm 68:6) God places the lonely in families;
He sets the prisoners free and gives them joy.
But He makes the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
Loneliness is one of the worst feelings one can experience. To feel like you have no one in your life can lead to so many negative emotions. Deep down, we all want to be part of a family, to never experience deep loneliness.
There was a time that I felt deep loneliness. It was when I was in college and, through my own choices, found myself a failure and all alone. All the people who were willing to be around when I was making foolish decisions were not there when the consequences hit my life. I had no direction spiritually, socially, or academically. I was alone and did not know what to do next. And it was at that moment that a miraculous moment happened between my mother and I. Expecting the “I told you so” speech, I reached out to her and the only thing that I remember from that conversation was her saying to me, “Come home.” I wasn’t lonely anymore. I had direction. I had a purpose. I had a new start.
Family is the remedy to loneliness. That is why God created it. And it goes beyond blood. Because you don’t just have your immediate family, you have the family of God, or what we call the church, or what around her we call Crosswalk. It’s the people that worship with you, that cry with you, that wrestle with you, that doubt with you.
What we are creating at each Crosswalk campus is a place where belonging happens, on the days of good connection and on the days of deep, dark loneliness. So remember, when you are feeling that you need someone, look to your Crosswalk family. We are all here for you.
He sets the prisoners free and gives them joy.
But He makes the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
Loneliness is one of the worst feelings one can experience. To feel like you have no one in your life can lead to so many negative emotions. Deep down, we all want to be part of a family, to never experience deep loneliness.
There was a time that I felt deep loneliness. It was when I was in college and, through my own choices, found myself a failure and all alone. All the people who were willing to be around when I was making foolish decisions were not there when the consequences hit my life. I had no direction spiritually, socially, or academically. I was alone and did not know what to do next. And it was at that moment that a miraculous moment happened between my mother and I. Expecting the “I told you so” speech, I reached out to her and the only thing that I remember from that conversation was her saying to me, “Come home.” I wasn’t lonely anymore. I had direction. I had a purpose. I had a new start.
Family is the remedy to loneliness. That is why God created it. And it goes beyond blood. Because you don’t just have your immediate family, you have the family of God, or what we call the church, or what around her we call Crosswalk. It’s the people that worship with you, that cry with you, that wrestle with you, that doubt with you.
What we are creating at each Crosswalk campus is a place where belonging happens, on the days of good connection and on the days of deep, dark loneliness. So remember, when you are feeling that you need someone, look to your Crosswalk family. We are all here for you.
- When you think of your family, whom do you think of?
- When you are feeling lonely, who is someone you can reach out to?
- Do you know someone who is lonely? What can you do to be present in his or her life?
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