Never Alone

If God wanted us all alone, he would have given us each our own planet. He didn't.

Everyone faces challenges and difficulties, but not everyone knows-or remembers-in the middle of those trials, that they are not alone. Through her everyday stories of how God never leaves us high and dry in the midst of our mess, Sue Donaldson recalls that on more than one occasion how a simple conversation with God or a friend or a friend-in-the-making, can make all the difference.

Loneliness isn't the same as solitude. "As one of the most extroverted people I know," Donaldson writes, "I have still found myself lonely at times. I don't like it. It's a killing feeling. It's different than solitude because it's not by choice. And it sucks the joy out of life."

Feelings of isolation can sneak up on us in different seasons of our lives whether through a traumatic life-altering experience-a divorce or loss; or even in the midst of a normal life transition: a new job, a new town, a new role. We may wake up one morning and think: I don't know how I'm going to get through this. I feel so all alone.

In Never Alone, we see that when we invite God into the dailies of our lives, and take steps-even baby steps-towards deeper community, we will flourish and persevere with hope, joy and faith.