Extra Baggage

 

It is something I deal with daily

It’s like extra baggage on my back

And it is a taboo subject

How can you be lonely in this world?

 

The answer is easy

It's easy to be lonely in the crowds

To be around people but feel alone

And feeling lost

 

Anyone with a chronic illness

Knows what loneliness is like

Yes people care and yes they pray

But ultimately the journey is yours alone

 

It is a journey only you can do

No one can die with you,

That’s a journey that you do alone

Loneliness is a fact of life

 

But can loneliness be a  gift?

How can it be you say?

Because loneliness leaves you depressed

It leaves you feeling empty

 

But what if in your loneliness

God was trying to get your attention

He wants you to focus on Him

And on Him alone

 

So He lets that friend leave you

He lets the job go bad

He lets the family member die

He lets the church ignore you

 

He removes your options one by one

So that all you have left is Him

All you can do is turn to Him

And in Him rejoice at the gift He has given you

 

Jo Anne Kennedy

June 2020