To Watch: Chrisette Michele Talks Cancel Culture & Rediscovering Purpose| In the Same Room
Sometimes being a Christian be a lonely journey. Musician, Chrisette Michele knows quite a bit about it.
After bearing the brunt of cancel culture, Chrisette Michele faced a long 4 year season of loneliness. In this episode of The Same Room, Chrisette shares what she learned in that period, how her relationship with God grew stronger because of it and the challenges of being a Christian in the music industry.
Watch this learn how you too can grow in your lonely seasons.
To Listen: Just Me by Dante Bowe
For some people being alone is considered as a bad thing. But in this song, Dante Bowe reminds us that it can be good.
“Just Me” is an upbeat and joyful song that shows us that peace and happiness can be found in being alone.
As you listen along, ask God to open your heart to receive the good that comes with being alone with yourself and with Him.
To Read: The Gift of Loneliness by Shana Schutte
Loneliness can actually be a gift even though some might call it a curse. But when you are alone you have time to confront unhealthy habits, character flaws and draw even closer to the Lord. Loneliness can help you grow emotionally and spiritually.
That is what Shana Schutte reminds us in this blog. Using personal examples, Shana shows how you can learn to press into being alone and reap its good fruit.
Read this to learn how.
https://www.focusonthefamily.com/get-help/the-gift-of-loneliness/
To Do: Embrace the Loneliness
Some people are just as afraid of being alone as they are of silence. Maybe you are one of those people, the type that always have to be doing something, preferably with someone. When you find yourself alone, you fight the loneliness and try to get yourself out of it as quickly as possible.
But that’s not how it should be. God has not made us dependent on other people if we want to be happy or at peace. The only person we should be dependent on is Him.
If you are someone who struggles to be alone, why not stop trying to fight it and embrace it. Be by yourself and ask God to reveal what you are afraid of and help you overcome it.
When you do this, you will most definitely grow emotionally and spiritually because if you want to follow after the Lord, sometimes you will need to do it alone.
Bible Verse: Psalm 27:10 (NKJV)
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take care of me.
Sometimes the fear of loneliness is really a fear of having no one who loves you or who will care for you. But as a Christian you are assured of love and care from God, regardless of who is or is not with you.
This is what David reminds us in this Psalm. If your mother or father forsake you, if your friends leave you, if your colleagues reject you, the Lord will take care of you. Because this is true, even when it might not feel like it, you are never alone.
