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In the middle of your separation, did you ever have thoughts like this dog? I didn’t think you were ever coming back? I think we see this scenario play out all the time in the hearts of all of us. Our mistakes and bad habits have separated us from God and we have fallen in the belief He will never come back. WRONG! This is not the character of our God.

I was talking with a great friend the other day who is going through a really tough time! He shared a truth with me that has stuck with me. I can’t shake it. I asked him, “How’s it going?” He responded, “I’m doing ok. I’ve learned two things through all this. He is good. He is present.”

Wow!! How true. No matter where or what I’m going through in life, my God is good and present. Separation anxiety can cause a lot of doubt to rise up within our hearts. Many times, we lose focus and begin to believe we are not worth redemption. God stands ready to make Himself known to us. Eliminating all doubt and confusion. He is constant. Never changing. I don’t know about you, but this truth is settling my anxious heart and I can’t shake it. Even as I type it, my heart instantly settles down with a peace.

My friend is really going through a storm in his life right now and the truth he is learning and shared with me is making an impact. Maybe, if you are finding yourself in the mist of separation, this truth will impact you too.

August 14, 2013

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Separation Anxiety. Desperate to be Reunited. (Part 1)

The distance between… I’d like to describe it as “anxiety.” Its the feeling of being separated from the one’s we love. When I was in high school, my father who was serving in the Air Force was called up to go to Kuwait… 6 weeks before the war became public. All I remember was a kiss on the forehead in the early morning hours. When I woke up, my mom told my brother and I he “had to leave.” For the next 6 weeks we didn’t know where he was. Just vanished. When all the news began to break about Desert Storm, we got a fuzzy phone call from my dad telling us where he was, and that he was not in harms way.

During these anxious 6 weeks of separation, my heart was filled with a constant tension. I wanted to know where he was, if he was hurting, I just wanted to be in his presence again. I knew in these moments what it feels like to be genuinely separated from the one you love.