Abandonment is hard for all

This feeling makes us feel so small.

For when we feel, oh, so alone

Our soul is chilled right to the bone.

 "For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back.” (Isaiah 54:7 New International Version)

It is interesting to note that Isaiah, in this verse, is referencing that the Lord left Israel (“In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment.” verse 8) for the people of Israel had ceased to follow the ways of the Lord. We, no matter our addiction, are so self centered that we only perceive the abandonment we feel from others because we do not accept that we have no control over our addictions unless we face up to our own actions and responsibilities. Very often we want to follow a path to a healthy life but we find ourselves doing otherwise. Paul (Romans 7:19) says it best; “For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.” It is we who have abandoned ourselves, our friends and our Lord by walking away from the life each of us deserve. The Lord and our family and friends will not abandon us if we turn to Him and to them in our time of need and accept our inability to “go it alone.”