Don't Let Them Stand Alone

Don't Let Them Stand Alone

One of my favorite scenes in any movie ever is the scene from the Lord of the Rings trilogy where Frodo tells Sam he is going off alone to Moldor and Sam replies of course you are, Mr. Frodo, and I am coming with you. Then he wades into the river even though he cannot swim and with his unrelenting loyalty to his friend somehow manages to get to the boat and help him fulfill the quest. J.R.R. Tolkien captured the essence of friendship in that moment. Don't let your friend fulfill the quest alone. Don't let them float down the river alone. Don't let them stand alone.

Recently at a women's conference, a new friend opened her heart and she shared her pain about her child who had recently left home. The entire conference was about Removing the Veil, becoming real in our relationships and honest in our faith. Not allowing our pride, embarrassment, fear to keep us hidden beneath the veils or our own weaving. And then my sister shared her personal pain. And I heard the Lord say, "Tell her". No I replied. "Tell her." came the command again. I don't want to, I don't know her well. "Don't let her stand alone." Ok. "Don't let her stand alone in her pain." I looked at my new friend and said, " My daughter left home six years ago." I shared the story with her very briefly. She cried. Tears poured down her cheeks. She looked at me and knew that she wasn't alone. And I was less alone because I had opened the crack in my personal veil up just a little bit more. I had let someone peek in on my pain. And so we looked at each other, two struggling moms, and I had told her. "Of course you are going on your quest to defeat the evil that would destroy your life and your home, but you are not going alone friend. I am going with you. This is Pastor Susan Living the Everyday Prophetic Life.