“I don’t hear well, so when others are talking I miss out on most of the communication. Others watch movies or are involved in games or activities but I just watch from the distance. Sometimes I feel so alone. Since my husband passed away the feeling of loneliness has increased, his companionship is deeply missed.”
These were the thoughts behind a conversation with an elderly partly deaf woman, who in some sense was alone in life. “But I am not alone!” she said. “Years ago I asked Jesus to come into my life. He is always with me. At night when I feel the most lonely I picture myself in the arms of Jesus. I visualize Him hugging me and I know that everything will be all right.” “Jesus is my husband now and He will never leave me.”
The presence of our Lord Jesus, is not to be something which is only theoretical in nature. It is to be real, effective and tangible in our lives. This aged woman, though she could barely hear the voices and communication of others, could clearly sense the affirmation, touch, and words of her beloved Jesus. We too should be sensing His closeness to us.
It is unfortunate that, though we can hear clearly the voice of many of the people around us, we can rarely hear the voice of the most important one, our Lord Jesus. Could it be that our ability to hear the noise and voice around us actually drowns out the voice of our God. In focusing on what others are saying we fail to hear what our Lord is saying.
I am not advocating that we should wish to become deaf, but rather that we would pull aside to the quiet place of solitude and prayer, where the sweet and comforting words of our lord Jesus can be heard more clearly.
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