Count Your Blessings #99 – Lonely Places

When I take a walk in a morning I am very blessed by having loads of different routes available. I have come to know how many people I can expect to meet on each of the routes. Sometimes I choose a route where I know I am likely to meet a few people walking dogs who will give me a hearty smile and a “good morning”. At other times I deliberately choose a different route knowing that I will be the only one there. My favourite lonely walk is actually down the drive of a nearby hall, although you’d expect to see people, I have never seen anyone down there early in a morning.

Sometimes I feel like I need to recharge my batteries in a way that only lonely places can. I suppose it’s a bit like a mini wilderness time.

There is something very special about these lonely places, they seem to open up a different type of intimacy with God that just can’t be experienced in crowded places. I have felt an intimacy with God in very crowded places, but the lonely places bring something that is more personal.

Jesus had times in lonely places too:

“But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.” Luke 5:16

If it was good enough for him – then it’s certainly good enough for me.