Isolation

Today I'm writing to a specific narrow group of people- those who have run people off, felt or perhaps truly have been burned by others, seen their sins as "more important" than their own, angry, fearful, self-righteous, full of "righteous" (actually unrighteous) judgement to the extent they've nearly or actually nobody left. They are alone, isolated.

Such people figure they're "enough" by themselves, no God to bother them.

I say Paul's comment super-fits such a soul "...without hope and without God in the world".

The tragic sickness, sadness and lie of pretending to be be one's own god is a narrow life that only "circles the wagons" with Pharisees such as themselves if anyone.

Keeping everything "close to the vest" and guarding one's self from possible harm, hurt or being "one-upped", found out as a "loser" who cannot win is the most devastating thing to many but it is near death to such a person, isolated from others and the truth itself -especially "the Way, the Truth and the Life" -Jesus Christ.

The reality is there are even professing Christians who have chosen such a path- that of isolation. Denial handshakes and waters the seeds of isolation, distance between people and God, links to godly people through whom His Spirit would uplift, help guide and bring blessing and soundness, even legit medication to us.

Until and unless a person living in such a self-constructed cage is ready to risk leaving, quiet, loving prayer and when they are willing, direct kindness is likely the best route to their mostly closed door, heart, so-called "life".

The world is partly populated with such folks.

I know as many decades past I was one of them.

Praise God, He knows how to beam the Spirit's light into dark places!

No door is so locked He cannot pass through and reach into a heart to connect with it for healing and relationship. Yet He "stands at the door and knocks".

As always, thanks for stopping by. -Glenn