Noone walks alone

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About a month ago we took our youth kids on a night hike.  I am so fortunate to live in such a beautiful place that within 30mins we had walked from our church in the suburbs into the foot hills and were beginning to climb the hills.  As i had thought about the evening earlier in the day and as we gathered as leaders to pray before the youth arrived, i felt a real sense that we needed to take up the idea that "noone walks alone".

What did that look like though?
Did that just mean physically that everyone had a walking buddy or was there more to that phrase.  As i prayed and reflected i thought about many different things, firstly the physical aspect of the fact that many youth would be coming and not actually have anyone to walk with and the importance of them not walking alone.

 But i felt like it was more than that, i felt like this "noone walks alone" was meaning more than just physically walking. I felt like it was calling us to think about the conversations we had as we walked and the way we build community and related to each other.

I feel like God was telling me to get alongside young people as thy went through life and walk with them through their baggage, not necessarily carrying it for them, but actually journeying with them as they discover, express and are challenged on some of the tough things life brings as well as the good things.

I was also challenged that i needed to actually get someone to walk alongside me with some of the things i was processing in my life and i actually needed to share my heart and dreams and ask them to journey with me as i explored these options and have them praying for me in this. 

How can you put the idea of "noone walks alone" into practise in your life?
Do you need to invite someone to walk alongside you in something you do?

My prayer is that "noone walks alone" with the stuff they are dealing with in life and that everyone has someone to journey with them in life. 

I encourage you all to get up and find a peer or someone younger than you and walk alongside them, journey with them through life and learn someone elses story.  Create conversations and community around the idea that "noone walks alone".

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