{a prayer for the lonely}

I have so much to blog about tonight, but am doing my very best SIMPLY to keep my eyes open until my baby calls to let me know that his flight has landed safely...and I can at last rest. After only 2 hours of sleep last night due to Valentine's Day prep for my babies and photo shoot editing, I am exhausted. Those blog entries will have to wait. However, I am suddenly so overcome with emotion tonight....I had to write a few words. Out of "nowhere," my heart feels intense aching. However, I recognize very clearly that it is not aching for me. I feel such overwhelming peace and love and comfort in this period of my life. Even with Jeff being out of town today, I am so at peace and feel so richly blessed and whole. And yet, suddenly, my heart must have remembered for a brief moment the heartache that I experienced for so many years. I remembered loneliness so real, so empty and so rich that I could almost taste it. Tonight, my heart aches for those of you who feel just as alone and are experiencing that same heartache. I have been there and recall the emptiness and pain so vidily. I feel so prompted to reach out to you tonight. I wish that I could be there to hold every single one of you. I wish that I could hold you and comfort you until you would believe me that this feeling of loneliness WON'T last forever. I know that now. I KNOW the miracles that come to us if we can but hold on and not only simply endure our "trials," but endure with hope, faith and great strength. I read such a beautiful thought tonight that I want to share with you....

"You are loved more than you will ever know, by Someone who died to know you."

Do you have ANY IDEA who you are? Do you KNOW how loved you are? Do you KNOW that Christ died for YOU? For YOU. Do you know how aware God is of you? Do you know that this pain, this heartache, this loneliness is ONLY for a season? Do you know that you WILL GET THROUGH THIS and will be stronger than ever before? Do you know that when you get through this, you will be able lift others that are aching just as you have been? Do you know that because of this period of heartache and loneliness, you will be able to feel love and compassion for so many WHO NEED YOU?  You are loved more than you could ever possibly BEGIN to comprehend.
PLEASE. Please know that you are not alone..no matter HOW alone you FEEL. God loves you. God loves you more than you can even imagine. He SEES YOU. He knows your pain. He knows your heartache. He KNOWS your loneliness. And He knows that this challenge will strengthen you and help you grow into the man/woman that you are DESTINED to be. Hold on. Please hold on. Never give up. I wish I could be there right now to wrap my arms around you, look into your eyes and tell you JUST how much you are loved...despite how lost and even "forgotten" I KNOW you must feel right now.

As one who has been where you are....I pray with all of my heart that you will know that God CAN and WILL lift this heavy load and carry you. LET HIM carry you. Never forget who you are. You are Divine...and you are His. And He sent His Son to DIE for YOU. There is NO greater Love than that.

Comments

[Lynn]

Thank you Heather. You are the best. I felt impressed to share your message of hope with someone I so dearly love and my heart is aching for her right now.

Love ya.

P.S. Now get some sleep. ; )

[Julianne]

Thanks Heather... I needed that!

[Kristi]

Thank you for posting this.... I met you a couple of years ago when you took the first family picture of me and my children becoming our "new" family. My divorce wasn't even final yet and I will never forget how impressed I was by your strength... I hope to someday be where you are, not feeling lost, not feeling broken but whole... thank you for being such an inspiration!