Being Alone
I have really been thinking about this whole concept of being alone recently. Some friends have said that my problem of why I can’t relax and enjoy things is that I need to slow down and be alone more. However I am not sure I agree with that. It is something that I need to pray about to see what the answer is. I know in politics I would spend almost every night during a campaign out with the people closest to me. It was a way to end the nights getting support from the people that meant so much. It always made facing the problems of the next day easier knowing that whatever happened the night would end on a good note. I miss that a lot. Some days I leave work and because I live alone I can sometimes be myself until I walk through the work doors the next morning. It can be a rather lonely feeling. With that being said I am beginning to think it is a feeling someone else can’t relate to without being in my same position. I think sometimes because we are busy we glorify the concept of being alone. Truthfully I don’t see much worth in it. I think that we were made to interact with others and with God. Now obviously if when a person is alone they are praying, reading, and therefore drawing closer to God then there can be no better way to spend the time but if the person is bored or feels alone then I think the time can be very bad.
Leslie and I with our link group are considering discussing the Sabbath. It is one of the ten commandments but one I don’t think a lot about. What does it mean? The Old Testament says do no work and what I have read so far in the New Testament Jesus does good things on the Sabbath so what does it mean to “remember the sabbath and keep it holy”. Obviously I have more studying in the Bible to do on the subject. Does it mean to be alone and to spend this time with God and if it does does it mean we should spend all of the other six days working with God making disciples or what. I think it falls hand in hand with this whole alone thing. I probably will have other thoughts on the subject but I need to get some work done. I would love to hear from others about what they think being alone means and what they think to “remember the Sabbath and keep it holy” means.