{"id":702,"date":"2018-01-19T11:52:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T17:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/alone-lonely-or-solitude\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:12:44","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:12:44","slug":"alone-lonely-or-solitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=702","title":{"rendered":"Alone, Lonely or Solitude"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My word(s) for today are ALONE, LONELY, SOLITUDE.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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ALONE: having no one else present; on one’s own. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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LONELY: sad because one has no friends or company; friendless, forsaken, inner emptiness<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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SOLITUDE: withdrawal for privacy and peace<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A few days ago I was in Austin with grandchildren, then I was back home in Frisco with my family plus I attended church and several meetings, and today, I’m in Tulsa to be with my family here and for a conference. With all that \u201con the road again and busyness\u201d, right now — I don\u2019t have time for being ALONE, LONELY or even finding SOLITUDE. But, that\u2019s okay!!\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Just a little \u201cinside\u201d information. Because of the 24\/7 hours a day of living\/working\/playing together for most of our 44 years of marriage, I really never knew LONELINESS, or for that matter, being ALONE. But, seasons changed when my sweetheart graduated to heaven and I had the opportunity for being alone and lonely. I\u2019m pleased to say \u201cI chose neither.\u201d I chose a sweet place of SOLITUDE. LONELINESS is inner emptiness and SOLITUDE is inner plenty especially when our inner plenty includes acknowledging our Plentiful Father is always with us. I said it before, I say it again \u2013 Emmanuel \u2013 GOD WITH US!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Now don\u2019t get me wrong. I love hanging out with my friends, attending church, shopping, playing games, traveling, socializing, being a part of women\u2019s groups, prayer groups and spending as much time with my kids and grandkids as possible. But, right here at the front side of 2018, I’m embracing any time I can for SOLITUDE. It\u2019s a journey of choice — from \u201cIt\u2019s all about me and what I don\u2019t have and what I need\u201d, TO \u201cIt\u2019s about personal maturity and communion with God Who assures me I am NEVER alone, that He has plans and a future for me and His plans for me far outweigh my plans for me.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Jesus explained His SOLITUDE like this in Matthew 16:32 \u201cThe hour is coming when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me ALONE. Yet I am not ALONE for the Father is with me.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I understand SOLITUDE is the opposite of companionship and both have their places. I love spending time with my besties and my family. But I also understand the importance of \u201cbeing still and knowing He is God.\u201d Psalm 46:10. That is where my strength for today and hope for tomorrow comes from. I know “The Way” I need to go, “The Truth” I need to know, and “The Life” I live is in Him alone. (John 14:6).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Feeling lonely? Need love? Seek Him. You’re not alone. God’s arms are open wide and when you hug Him? No contest. He will always be hugging you way longer than you could ever hold Him. After all, He\u2019s our \u201cGood, Good Father\u201d and He knows what\u2019s best for us and He loves to embrace and tell us “I love you and you are mine! <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My word(s) for today are ALONE, LONELY, SOLITUDE. ALONE: having no one else present; on one’s own. LONELY: sad because one has no friends or company; friendless, forsaken, inner emptiness SOLITUDE: withdrawal for privacy and peace A few days ago I was in Austin with grandchildren, then I was back home in Frisco with my…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2602,494,491,3959,3960,3961,2597,3962,3963,3964,44,3965,3690,3966],"class_list":["post-702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-alone","tag-emmanuel","tag-god-with-us","tag-inner-emptiness","tag-inner-plenty","tag-journey-of-choice","tag-loneliness","tag-lonely","tag-matthew-1632","tag-never-alone","tag-peace","tag-sad","tag-solitude","tag-withdrawal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7796,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702\/revisions\/7796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}