In this post here we talked about finding the perfect outdoor chair, but didn’t buy it when it went off sale. I found it on a different website regularly priced at the other company’s sale price, so it was like, “Come to Mama.”

This year has been about getting good at being alone with limited distractions. Having been around people my whole life, it was an adjustment when my daughter moved out, but recently, I could feel myself sinking into my skin and acknowledged that I was doing life solo and doing well. But…I won’t be alone forever and I can feel that in my heart.

When the chair arrived, I unpacked it and sat it on my front porch. Reading the care instructions I bought linseed oil and gave it a good rub down, but sitting in that chair reminded me of the movie, The Choice, where Travis had just one chair in his yard down by the water. He had people over at his house frequently, but when he needed to be alone, that chair was where he went. In the movie, his chair was referred to as that one lonely chair, but that’s where God has done an amazing work in me this year, where I can be alone, but thanks to Him, never feel lonely.

God and I joke around about my single status quite often and when I give Him the impossible, He loves to show off. My ongoing joke with Him is sending a man into my front yard whenever He’s good and ready. Just send him on God. Well, He did that twice in one day. Two men from the neighborhood, just stopped by to say ‘hello’ at different times of course and they each stepped into my front yard and just stood there waiting for me to come outside. It was wild! Neither were meant for me, but it showed me once again that nothing is impossible.

There’s power and a test of faith while sitting in the alone chair, but we need to keep our hearts and minds open for love to walk in. When Travis met his neighbor, Gabby, he bought another chair and sat it beside his, so when the choice arises, I can buy another chair, but in the meantime, I’m in love with the alone chair.