I typically get annoyed by posts that are just a YouTube video. But every so often there is one that catches me. That I want to remember and share. Tonight, I found this buried in my Google Reader from a post last week by Ann Jackson.
Lonely and alone feel like to very different things to me, especially in these days of raising young children. I am rarely alone (except for tonight when everyone else in my family is in bed because they are sick) but I often feel lonely. And the thought occurred to me after watching this video that perhaps I feel more lonely when I have not been spending much time with myself or with my God. Henri Nouwen talks about solitude being like a furnace where we come face to face with Jesus and allow him to transform us. I think I’m feeling worn down lately and need some transformational solitude, to dive into lonely and find myself and my God again.
