Alone and Yet...
I n deciding where I should start to break things open, I have settled on using several posts to springboard off from some topics in a book written by Anne Morrow Lindbergh called, "A Gift From The Sea." In this book she talks about many of the topics I also want to address, particularly in one chapter named, "Moon Shell." God knows what we need. He knows what I need. He knows when we are depleted. He knows when we need a special time for renewing. He knows when we have been distracted from Him, sometimes even needing healing from wounds we received. In those times, He is near and He calls us to Himself, sometimes without others. It is not because there isn't a need for anyone else. But in this time, it can feel incapacitating without that to which you've grown accustomed. Indeed, it can feel like an amputation to be cut off from others, as Anne states, "Parting is inevitably painful, even for a short time. It is like an amputation, I feel. A