alone.

As an introvert, I often choose to be alone.  Don't get me wrong, I love being with people, but sometimes I need time to myself to recoup a bit.  I'm sure some of you can relate.

These past few weeks, however, I have found myself alone not by choice, but because I don't know anyone here in Saint Louis to be with.  Sure, there are a few people here who I spend time with - my roommate, Jen, and Crystal whose home we are currently invading.  But there is a great deal of my time spent pointless and alone.

The sense of being alone by circumstance rather than by choice - it is profound.  It is a sort of deep ache to be with people who are familiar, people who I know, people who know me.

And even here, the Lord meets us.  In my crying out for a friend, He brought me to a church where a familiar face from college found me.  A few hours of tea and good conversation after church filled this deep need that I have felt for several weeks.  The Lord provides in ways that we can not predict.  I am thankful.