Miracle on Lonely Street

For years I wandered down a path of indecisiveness; having questions about the unfairness that life presented.  It seemed that everything I tried ended in disappointment or frustration, which created more questions regarding what was missing in my immediate surroundings and deep within my inner consciousness.

Happiness was always slipping through my fingers like sand; never sticking around to give me lasting solace and gratification.  It was here one moment and then gone before I knew what happened; producing loneliness, which was no stranger.

Experiences were okay in the moment, but the reality of a meaningful encounter took flight faster than a frightened bird from its predator.  The only difference between the bird and me was its comfort zone in flight, opposed to the comfort level that was lacking in my world of alarm when I allowed sin to infiltrate my life.  Peace of mind diminished quickly.

Sin has its moments of pleasure, but like a person stranded in the desert-of-life, one sip of water does not completely satisfy the thirst that is manifested from the scorching, unbearable heat that the act of sinning produces, whether with friends or solo encounters.

Though I was in the midst of several buddies at get-togethers, jamborees, or beach parties, my world of loneliness was that of my own making; emotionally bleak in a crowd, because of the warfare going on inside me.  It was a spiritual battle between right and wrong; good and evil.

The training I received in my youth from Christian parents conflicted with the lifestyle that I was living as an adult.  I knew the choices being made did not line up with God’s expectations, yet I pursued my desires anyway.

I wanted to be happy, but was not willing to go the way of the cross to find it.  Satan’s counterfeit for happiness quickly faded.  That which I perceived would bring contentment, always failed to do so; nothing lasting. 

Though I had money, a new car, and the freedom to do as I pleased, the reality of Easy Street living was always reduced to Lonely Street drudgery each time the high of the moment wore off.  At the end of the day I was left alone with only my conflicting thoughts to keep me company and a desire for more ventures to try and satisfy my longings, which I hoped would soon materialize.

I knew that God was peace and that through Him I could have fellowship with His family as a born-again Believer, but I spurned God’s love; not wanting to compromise my standard of living to bow to His authority or give Him power over me.

I wanted my way, not God’s way.  And so it went.  My choices left me thirsting for more, because I was headed down the path of least resistance.  Giving into temptations was easier than taking a stand against them, which produced negative results the more I refused God’s clemency.

Newton’s Third Law of Physics was certainly at work in me.  “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction force.”  The more I involved myself with sin; the consequences of my actions slapped me in the face; showing little mercy.

After a long period of time running from God, I finally came to the realization that sin did not pay.  I could not find contentment through my inadequate efforts.  The ongoing rebellion against the principles of God produced much loneliness.  I was falling deeper in debt, spiritually bankrupt, with no solution of how to break the firm hold that sin had on me.  I needed a Savior to calm the angry waves in my life.

In desperation I prayed for help and asked God to forgive me of my sins.  A miracle took place on Lonely Street that night.  I was set free from the bondage that sin had caused.  I began to fly in a safer, more favorable environment where peace and serenity abide.  Like an eagle soaring high above the dangers of congestion and woes that Lonely Street presented, I experienced the New Birth through Jesus Christ.

I drank of the living water that flows from God’s throne.  It quenched my thirst as my parching tongue tasted of its splendor and undeniable purity, which satisfies forever.  No longer do I find myself wishing for more, unsatisfying ventures, because God gave me His Son, Jesus, so that I may have life, and have it more abundantly.

God is no respecter of person whatever your status in life may be.  That which He did for me He will do for you when you make up your mind to accept Him as Lord and Savior of your soul.  He is standing at your heart’s door knocking.  All you need to do is turn the knob and open the door; Jesus will come in.  It’s that simple.

(John 10:10), “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.  I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” 

(Jeremiah 29:11), “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

(Romans 12:2), “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”

Written by,

Papa Boyd