A lie mixed with a little truth

So often I hear the words "Nobody understands where I am at," or "There is no one who is going through what I am." I believe this is one of the greatest lies the enemy speaks to each of us at some time in our walk and the danger comes when we allow ourselves to listen to it. We then seclude ourselves or go in search for someone, leaving that place the Lord has called us to. Or worse, we stay where we are and don't share, we keep our hearts, filled with all the pain and loneliness, closed off to those who love us.

Where do you find yourself:

A divorced senior citizen who now has the gift of singleness.
A Christian who struggles with same sex attraction.
Just out of college, stacks of bills without a job that will pay for them.
From a broken home, where abuse abounded and you don't know how to accept godly love.
A widowed mother with a baby who has a terminal illness.
One with an addiction to drugs.
A man or woman with a spouse who doesn't know the Lord.
A single mom raising a teenager, far from any family.
In a season of singleness with such a desire for a family
A youth in a home of those who claim to love the Lord, yet persecuted there for your devotion to your Savior.
One in love with he/she who is struggling with same sex attraction.
A woman or man with all they could ever desire yet discontent.
One who is beautiful to all around yet can not find any beauty in yourself.

You know I fit into a couple of these categories and have found that though there is some truth in nobody understands, that truth is very minute. The Lord tells us in His word that we go through trials and tribulations so He can comfort us and in turn we can comfort others. Yesterday, I spoke with a lady, one who is probably 30-4o years older than I who said those very words that she struggles because there is no one around who understands where she is. And you know, we broke through the enemies lies, we are defeating his desire to seclude her or send her seeking. We found that we have so much in common, the things I struggle in, she has made it through and some things the Lord is working out in her, He has done in me...I anticipate our next time of fellowship. What an awesome privilege we have in the body of Christ...the power to defeat, to walk this narrow road with so many that appear to not understand, yet when we get close enough, when we allow others close enough, the understanding is incomparable.