Solitaire

Solitaire

I've lived many lonely places and I was lonely because Jesus was lonely and did not want to be lonely by Himself.

I don't know anyone who does. I can fathom the love of solitude as a means to pursuing peace and rest, but there is a darkness in it that is corrosive,and a burden that is ubearable. Yet, Jesus never refuses to help us by shouldering part of the sorrow.

The saints thrived and knew lonely places because they found Jesus there almost always. He bore a cross He has never been without, and He shared His passion-life with some, to endure the sharp pain of the lance in His Heart because the love that rested in Him always wanted to share.

They wanted more, and that it should never cease, becaue of the harmony of suffering and love that is an unbearable sweetness. 

Walk miles and love the beauty, but it will always be lonely without the love.

A favorite and powerful prayer.