Never alone.

I am absolutely loving this song at the moment, so just thought I would write a blog about it. Please put the song on and listen to it, see what you think and what it says to you.

I love how Celine Dion sings about being alone at the beginning and never really minding, yet now she has met this person she does not want the night to end alone...not knowing how she really coped alone before. I guess this speaks of the relationships in our lives. We live without them for so long, but when they come we can no longer live without them, whether it's our relationships with our family, with our friends, with our lover or with our God. Looking back though, I suppose we can always see where there was something missing...that longing deep inside that is never fully satisfied.

The fact is though, our friends, our family and even our lovers cannot satisfy this longing inside of us. We may think they can, or we may think that the ways of the world will satisfy, but we are still left longing for more, aren't we!? Look at your life, look at what you really want from life and ask yourself if you're satisfied and if these things will ever really satisfy?? We are all humans and we will always disappoint others and we will always be longing for that sometimes impossible satisfaction. No matter who we're in relationships with and how amazing and loving they are or they may seem, they will always disappoint us and we will always disappoint them. We expect them not to disappoint, especially our lovers, but they will. There is no way they cannot disappoint. Let me tell you this, God is the only one who can satisfy this longing!! The only one who will not disappoint us, hurt us and forget us. The only one who will not just take from the relationship...instead, the one who will give when we are not even giving ourselfs. The one who will love us and comfort us and support us even when we have forgotten and forsaken Him. The only one!!

He is the one that we now realise we cannot live without. He is the one that we needed all along. He is the one who we need to be with us at the end of the night, hating the thought of being without Him for one more moment. He is the one!!

At the end of the day, we are not alone and we will never be alone. We have many people that surround us, who God has placed around us to love us and for us to love them. People we need to get us through the day. People to strengthen, challenge and carry us. People who we can share our lives with and ultimately, our God with. But they can not give what God can give and never will.

Deuteronomy 31 v 6 - 'Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.'

Deuteronomy 31 v 8 - 'The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.'

Joshua 1 v5 - 'No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.'