Show me the meaning of being lonely
Backstreet Boys
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Good morning family, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.
Show me the meaning of being lonely.
Is this the feeling I need to walk with?
Tell me why I can't be there where you are.
There's something missing in my heart.
Jesus, I thank you again today for life and for so many gifts and blessings, and most of all, for your love and willing to good of all of us.
Jesus, I pray in a special way for people who don't know you, who are not in relationship with you and really don't have anyone to thank for any gifts or blessings in their lives,
And for all the ways in which we grasp at a hundred false idols trying to find meaning apart from you. Please, gently, break our false idols of clay.
And remind me once again that why I can't be where you are, is that what that really means is
me wanting to be God
, and wanting to control everything
, and to decide for myself what standards of good are
, and decide for myself what I deserve
And remind me that I am not God.
I did not create nor sustain the universe.
I cannot control other people
and too often I cannot even control myself
and too often I have willfully chosen to place myself apart from you
, to keep you at a safe distance
, to not trust in you.
Please remind me again of my wrong ideas about love
and that getting love means getting what I want
and giving love means giving what I want to give.
Please help all of us to reset ourselves to your standard of willing the good of the other. Thank you for willing my good.
jesus. I pray that you would lead all of us to a deeper relationship and knowledge and experience and to fully trust and fully follow you.
Jesus, thank you for all of the secret and unseen ways that you are at work in each of our lives. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.
I love you so much!
