My earliest memories involve feelings of loneliness and longing. Born with a highly sensitive personality, my little spirit was continually bombarded with all the feelings of life in our sin broken family. Even when I was too young to actually know and understand the facts of what was happening under our roof, I felt it. I sensed it.
Mama was busy with all of the needs and cares and work of having seven children. She didn’t have the time, nor perhaps the ability, to delve into the deeps of her own emotions, much less mine. Daddy, while perhaps a bit more in tune with my flights of fancy and imagination than my practical mama, found someone that took him away from mama and us kids.
The combination of my sensitive spirit and the secrets that lived in our house and in my little heart reinforced my feelings of isolation, loneliness and longing to be really heard, really seen, really known, really understood. I didn’t know who to turn to and so I’d lay in bed at night and talk to Jesus about it all. He was the one to whom I poured out all of my little girl worries, fears, longings, hopes and dreams. (I'm privileged to be guest posting at Lyli Dunbar's and would love for you to join me for the complete post HERE.)
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Beautiful post, Elizabeth! I went into marriage with those same expectations. Thankfully I discovered the same powerful truth - “If another human being could meet all of your needs, then you wouldn’t need Jesus.” That truth freed us both and we just celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary this past week :)
ReplyDeleteOur experiences are much alike! And we celebrate 43 years this summer!
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