Jesusluvsall's Blog

The past several weeks and especially the past few weeks I have been blessed by so many friends. When we go through valleys, we can feel that we are alone even though Jesus promised he would never leave us. The valley can be so deep that one could lose hope.

It has been amazing for me to find out how many friends care. Living with autoimmune is nothing new for me. It has been part of my life for over 25 years. Experiencing set backs is nothing new for me either. But being on the receiving end of so much love being expressed is somewhat new for me.

In very tangible ways the Lord has been showing me that I am not alone. It is almost as if he was giving me time this summer just to be to regroup. I am in the first steps of leaving this valley of a summer with a new realization of the fact that I am not alone.

In the past I have not let my physical issues show partly due to not wanting to be slowed down and partly due to the time not being right. As for the time not being right, I mean in regards to people I have helped. The group of young people from Vietnam who have blessed me greatly recently are now adults, but when I was helping them my focus was on the fact that they needed me. It would not have been appropriate for me to tell them 10 years ago or five years ago that I have had pain everyday for over 25 years. They have achieved and grown so much that they no longer need me like they did in the past, so it felt okay to let them know what was going on.

By letting others know it opens the possibility of letting them in. By doing that it also lets Jesus work through others. We are never alone. Jesus is always with us, but he likes to work through others. Yes he can do it directly, but he chooses many times to work through others.

So I would like to share this song with you dear reader in hopes it encourages you to remember that whatever you are going through, you are not alone. Jesus is with you.

Thanks for reading. God Bless.