Sometimes it takes a whole lifetime to learn how to really love ourselves because it also takes a lifetime to know how much God really loves us.
Being Alone
Being alone
Is like running out of breath
Is like falling,
And even if you’re
In a crowd of people,
It’s like drowning
In the midst of them,
Each one a wave
Plunging over you
Until you start to sink
Cause there is really
Nothing to keep you afloat.
And so you close your eyes
And wait
You try not to think anymore
Because thinking
Only worsens your fears.
All you want to do
Is to escape,
To find something
You can hold on to,
A light
That will not hurt
Your eyes
But show you the way.
A voice that
Will not put you down
But lead you
Into that quiet place
Where your feet
Can touch
The ground.
“Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you.
I have called you by your name.
You are mine.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you,
and through the rivers, they will not overflow you.
When you walk through the fire, you will not be burnt,
and flame will not scorch you.
For I am the LORD your God,
the Holy One of Israel,
your Saviour.”
-Isaiah 43, WEBBE