Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Never Alone - #8086

Thursday, August 28, 2008

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Okay, it was my fault my wife had tears in her eyes from reading my anniversary letter to her at our wedding anniversary just a few days ago. She didn’t really realize for a while that our little four-year-old granddaughter was watching, and when she did she put the letter down—my wife did—and her eyes were kind of moist. All of the sudden there’s this little hand on her bigger hand and a little girl saying, “I’m right here.” There’s one melted grandmother.

I’m Ron Hutchcraft and there’ve been many times in my life when that is the kind of support I really, really needed. It felt like no one else could understand the burden I was carrying. I was swamped by a wave of discouragement. I could have lost the love of my life at a couple of points. There are moments when you feel totally abandoned and isolated, alone and then there is Jesus; His hand on yours saying, “I’m right here.” That might be the kind of ‘be there’ person you need in your life right now.

The first century Christian leader, Paul, said from prison, “No one came to my support. Everyone deserted me, but the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength” (2 Timothy 4:16-17 ). That is all the difference when a life that matters is just a life that’s hurting; “But the Lord stood at my side.” I’m praying that you have that kind of love relationship with Jesus. He died so you could because our sin—our running of our own life—makes that relationship impossible. So He gave His life to erase all that. You open your heart to Him and you are never alone again. Oh yeah, lonely again, but never alone again.

If you want to begin a relationship with Him, go to our website. We’ll help you. It’s ALifeThatMatters.org because God put you here to live a life that matters.

This radio program references: 2 Timothy 4:16-17