Reminiscing lately? Remembering the good old glory days when you danced on your feet, on your toes, or on your hands? When you could break-dance, but now you’re broken? Thinking about when you sang, or when you could run to the ends of the world, and now can barely make it to the rest room?
What about love? Remember when you loved? Were loved? Remember the thrills of a first kiss, of a first embrace? Recall being hugged and held for an eternity in security? Love songs remind you of better times? Remember the old days? Maybe, now it’s all fading away. The friends and loved ones are slowly disappearing. Life has changed. Love has moved on. Loneliness moved in. Jesus could relate. Check out these verses of scripture:
But Jesus said, “Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?” (Luke 22:48 NLT).
“Then everyone deserted him and fled” (Mark 14:50). Again, He said, “And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before this world began” (John 17:5).
“My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me” (Matthew 27:46 AMP).
He was deserted by His friends. He was embraced by loneliness. Pain caressed His face. Hear it from Him:
“Yea, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me” (Psalm 41:9 NKJV).
Nothing you face is news to God or something He can’t relate to. He knows it all and allows trials and experiences to come our way so that He might shape us as He desires. Those old experiences shaped our past. Even those we held as friends, are probably gone. New ones await us. New days are ahead. Make right with God now. Invite Him into your heart! Soon, it’ll all be over! Take comfort!
“And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new” (Revelation 21:5a).
God Bless!
Sam