Abandonment is a hard thing to
swallow. No matter what form it comes in.
It happens in life to most people
- one way or another.
You are left by mistake by a
parent or a spouse thinking you got home some other way like the time my
husband and I left one of our sons at church thinking the other one had him.
Or you get left waiting for a
lunch date that never shows, or texts, or calls.
All together forgotten - dropped
right out of their minds.
Then there are those who have
experienced a life changing type of loss where someone leaves or passes on in
death. These can bring the feelings of loneliness and abandonment to a point of
aching, the hurt being deep.
But there is hope for those of us
who are Christians because God does not abandon.
He is the friend that sticks
closer then a brother. (Proverbs 18:24)
He is the one who never leaves us
nor forsakes us.
He will not leave us in our times
of heartache and pain. He will not walk away.
He has promised not to abandon,
but to abide.
Not Abandoned -
But Abiding
His love for us is deep enough to
send His son to redeem us, so that we can abide in that same love.
Romans 8: 38 “For I have every
confidence that nothing – not death, life, heavenly messengers, dark spirits,
the present, the future, spiritual powers, height, depth, nor any created thing
– can come between us and the love of God revealed in the Anointed, Jesus our
Lord.” The Voice.
If the enemy is trying to tell
you that God has turned his back on you, abandoned you, don't believe a word of
it. Speak God's truth to your heart. Hear, friend, how much God loves you and
let Him who calls you beloved turn those ashes of abandonment into a crown of
beauty.
Father,
Fill us with your love. Heal our
feelings of abandonment and loss. Touch those deep places where only you can
abide with us and through your mercy turn our ashes into crowns of beauty for
your glory.
Amen
bym