“Who shall separate us from the Love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness or peril or sword…Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” Romans 8:35 and 37

Solitude has always been a friend to me. Don’t get me wrong, I love people, the laughter, the smiles, the friendship, but I have always felt comfortable in being alone. As a high school student I would ski alone in the mountains, or bike ride a trail by myself. There was no music playing in my ears, and no distractions other than the sounds of the wind in the trees, or the birds dancing between the branches. Years later I realized that in those times I wasn’t really alone. A friend, closer than a brother was always with me.

Jesus is always with you.

What tries to separate us from God? The answer is summed up in a single word: LIFE. We busy ourselves beyond recognition out of fear of being alone. We crave texting and social media likes and feel like we’re forgotten when it’s quiet. Yet Paul in the book of Romans reminds us that nothing can separate us from God’s love. You are never alone.