Alone

 

Saturday afternoon, I was Santa for a community event at Heritage Walk, just off Jenkins Road in East Brainerd (thank you Hillary M. for planning the event).  I enjoyed the children and the adults.  Entertaining live music, great fake snow, fun bouncy house, and yummy food trucks.  But I was on duty so I couldn’t really enjoy the afternoon.  I had a good time anyway.  But after dark, the activities slowed and I had too much time on my hands.  I had met several folk, but I didn’t really know anyone.  And then I became melancholy.  Without my wife, I had no accountability.  And to be honest, no one in the whole world knew that I was there.  If I had passed out, my wallet and phone were in my car, and no one knew which car was mine.  I had keys in my Santa pants, but no ID or no name at all.  No one knew my real name; no one really knew who I was.  And I felt lonely.  But then I remembered my heavenly Father.  Almighty God knew exactly where I was, and He was as close as a prayer away.  David said in Psalm 139:1&2, “O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.”  Hey, the good Lord knows exactly where I am!  And … when you feel alone, remember, the good Lord knows exactly where you are.  You are loved; you are seen, and you are cared for by your heavenly Father.