Loneliness
I was thinking wish I had read this then
But actually it's a lesson to learn now.
I thank God that I know clearly God's purpose for me in this season of singleness. However, I'm only starting to acknowledge certain seemingly innocuous interactions as temptations.
And while my head & heart may appear still (and surprisingly I don't feel like I'm struggling with loneliness), sometimes my thoughts and dreams reveal to me otherwise (if I'm honest with myself).
Most of all, I'm still quite far from what God has set out for me in this season.
Mark 7:18 And he said to them, "Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him,
19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?" (Thus he declared all foods clean.)
20 And he said, "What comes out of a person is what defiles him.
21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.
23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person."