What If

What if you weren’t the only one?

That is what you believe at times isn’t it? Your reality seems to be that you are the only one. But what if you weren’t?

What if you weren’t the only stay at home mom that felt guilty for wanting to go to work?

What if you weren’t the only mom that worked outside the home that felt guilty for not being at home?

What if you weren’t the only couple that had problems in their marriage?

What if you weren’t the only person in your family that was sexually abused?

What if you weren’t the only one that pretended to have it more together than you really do?

What if you weren’t the only single dad that was depressed about being alone every other weekend?

What if you weren’t the only one in your small group that has had an abortion?

What if you weren’t the only person that is hiding their drinking problem?

What if you weren’t the only one that felt self-conscious about their weight; smile; hair or figure?

What if you weren’t the only one that was clueless about being a good parent?

What if you weren’t the only one addicted to pornography?

What if you weren’t the only one that lived in shame and guilt?

What if you weren’t the only one that struggled to forgive?

What if you weren’t the only single 30-something adult that longs for a spouse and kids more than anything else?

What if you weren’t the only one that had regrets from your past?

What if you weren’t the only one that felt invisible?

What if you weren’t the only one that is hiding an affair.

What if you weren’t the only married couple that felt more like roommates than lovers?

What if you weren’t the only one that felt lonely even though people surround you?

What if you weren’t the only one?

That is the lie we buy into isn’t it? We are all alone. No one else feels what we feel. No one else has done what we have done. No one else have been abused like we have. No one else is addicted to what we are addicted to. No one else has the marriage problems we have. No one else wants to be married and isn’t. No one else has low self-esteem.

When we buy into the lie that we are all alone we set ourselves up for a life of pretending. What is so ironic is that the more we believe that we are the only one that feels what we feel or struggles with that we struggle with…the more isolated we become. It is almost a self-fulfilling prophesy.

The truth today is YOU ARE NOT ALONE. You are not the only one. Don’t allow your heart to be robbed of the life God has planned for you today buying into this lie.

You are not alone.

Find freedom in knowing that where you are right now is known. You don’t have to hide. There is hope. How you feel is shared by others.