To Be Lonely

God: "What's the matter?
Me: "I'm lonely!"

God: "I know! Don't you think I know that?"
Me: "Yes Lord."

God: "Then what's the problem?"
Me: "I'm lonely."

God: "What do you want?"
Me: (Repressing the honest answer I speak:) "I want what you want Lord."

God: "You have it."
Me: (dead silence)

God: "Something is still bothering you. What is it?"
Me: "I'm alone."

God: "Why is that a problem?"
Me: "I'm not happy."

God: "And why not?"
Me: "I don't want to be alone."

God: "You said you wanted what I wanted."
Me: "Yes Lord."

God: "You have it."
Me: (silence)

God: "Isn't that what you wanted?"
Me: (at last honesty) "No Lord."

God: "Then you do not want what I want?"
Me: "I do, but I also want to feel loved. I also want what I want."
God: "The problem is not your desire to feel and be loved. That is a good desire.
The problem is that you expect that I should give you
what you want when you want and how you want.
If a sparrow does not fall without my knowledge...
If I dress the lilies in such splendor...
If I clothe the grass of the field which so quickly withers...
Do you imagine I have forgotten you...my beloved?
I have not forgotten you...do not worry.

God: "You are still troubled...why?"
Me: "I'm lonely."
God: (gently) "I know."

That was written by Hudson Russell Davis. I changed it around a bit, but how much does that describe you and me at times in our lives? Whether you're young and you have a desire to date and feel loved; whether you're older and have a desire to be married; whether you feel like you have no one to turn to; whether your parents have abandoned you; whatever the case, this describes almost all of us so well. I thought it was a touching "conversation" that this man wrote up and I wanted to share it.

That's so cool. It totally describes life sometimes. lol Great Article! =)

haha, that made me laugh! Yet its so true. I had to read it over twice though, because the first time I didn't get it. But yeah, very true. =/

Ok...when I read this the first time..I was tearing up. I can totally relate to this. Thanks for sharing, Molly!! :]

Wow when I read this I totally understood it in my own life. It gave me chills. I think that I want what God wants. But I don't want to wait for him to tell me what that is so I just do what I want when I want to do it. Then when I look back I knew that I should have waited kinda like what molly said in her Devo today...

Yeah, I know what you mean Darla. Our human nature is selfish, and then when we don't get what we think we should have, we feel sorry for ourselves. I know I do that. And it's not until I go honestly before God and let Him search my heart that I realize how selfish and self-centered I really am! It's a sad realization on my part. Now don't get me wrong... I'm not saying that everything we desire is selfish. That's definitely not true. I'm just saying that sometimes we want things our way and in our time, and sometimes that's not God's way or God's time.