One of life’s most essential lessons is learning to be alone.
What do I mean when I say get inside myself? I mean I need to step back from things on a
regular basis, have some solitude and get new perspective.
The role of solitude in my life is very powerful. That silence and solitude is essential to
develop clarity to hear my own voice clearly, hear the voice of conscience
clearly and learn to hear the voice of God clearly.
It’s also important to get outside of myself. The best way to do that is to serve other
people. To do something for somebody
else will help me focus on someone else besides myself.
So, two main lessons:
Get inside myself. Work out
who I am by spending some time in solitude.
Get clear about the most important voices in my life.
Get outside of myself. Find
ways to serve other people. Few things
will bring me more joy in this life than serving others in powerful and simple
ways.
Who could I visit this week?
Focus:
We keep resisting God even after we are convinced that his way is
the best way.
Act:
Visit the lonely. Somewhere
not too far away from where I live, someone is saying a prayer. He is asking God to send someone to visit him
and lift him up out of the depths of his loneliness. God wants me to help him answer that prayer.
Pray:
God, help me to dive deep into solitude, especially when I don’t
want to. Help me to learn more about
myself and about you, and inspire me to reach outside of myself to those around
me.
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