"If you ask anything in My name, I will do it."
He would commune with One who was all love, who never misunderstood Him, and in whose blessed companionship all of the hungers of His heart were satisfied, and all the hurts of love were healed.
✦ All the Hungers Satisfied — All the Hurts Healed
The meditation begins with the communion that Jesus had with the Father — a communion with One who was all love. Not partially love. Not mostly love. All love. A companion who never misunderstood. Every heart has been misunderstood — by friends, by family, by the world. But in this companionship, there was no misunderstanding. Every hunger of the heart was satisfied. Every hurt of love was healed.
Two hungers and two healings — and between them, the complete provision of the Father's presence. The heart hungers — and the Father satisfies. The heart is hurt — and the Father heals. Not partially. Not eventually. In the companionship itself. The communion is the satisfaction. The presence is the healing. 🙏
One of the most touching incidents in the Gospels described what occurred at the close of one day in the temple. Every man went unto his own house, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives, and there stayed alone — alone but not alone, because the Father was with Him.
✦ Alone but Not Alone
The day ends. The temple empties. Every man goes home — to his own house, his own family, his own fire. And Jesus goes to the Mount of Olives. No house. No family waiting. No fire lit by human hands. Alone on a mountain in the dark.
But the text says what it says without saying it: alone but not alone. The Father was with Him. The house was the mountain. The family was the Father. The fire was the communion that never goes out. Every man went to his own comfort — and Jesus went to His. And His comfort was not a place. It was a Presence. 🙏
We may apply the words to experiences in our own lives. We too have times of loneliness. All life is lonely.
Even with sympathetic friends all about us, there is an inner life which one of us lives, in which we are solitary.
✦ All Life Is Lonely
All life is lonely. Four words of unflinching honesty. Not some life. Not the life of the isolated or the abandoned. All life. Even with sympathetic friends. Even with a loving husband. Even with a household full of companions. There is an inner life — a life beneath the surface, beyond the reach of even the closest companion — in which we are solitary.
No human companionship, however deep, reaches the innermost room. The soul has a place where it lives alone — where the thoughts go that are never spoken, where the hungers live that are never named, where the hurts hide that no friend can reach. That is the room where the Father meets us. The room that no human can enter — He enters. The loneliness that no human presence can cure — He cures. Not by making the room less solitary. By being there when we arrive. 🙏
Christians in old age can say, "I am not alone." No changes can take Christ away. Other companions scatter, leaving them humanly alone —
BUT HE NEVER DEPARTS.
Indeed Christ becomes more and more real to aged Christians. Blessed be the aged Christian; he is now drawing near to glory. A little while longer — and he will enter heaven.
✦ But He Never Departs
Written in capitals in the journal. BUT HE NEVER DEPARTS. Because the truth demands emphasis. Because every other companion is temporary. Friends scatter. Health fails. The body weakens. The circle of the living grows smaller. The loneliness of aging is the loneliness no one prepares you for.
But He never departs. No change can take Him away. No aging. No illness. No loss. No distance. No valley. He is the companion of the Mount of Olives — present when everyone else has gone home. And the most hopeful thing in this meditation: Christ becomes more and more real. Not less real as the body weakens. More real. The fewer earthly companions remain, the more vivid the eternal Companion becomes. The loneliness that strips away the temporary reveals the permanent.
Blessed be the aged Christian. Drawing near to glory. A little while longer. And heaven. Where the companionship that was tasted in the morning devotion becomes the air that is breathed forever. 🙏
Death's loneliness will be filled with divine companionship.
"I am not alone because the Father is with me."
✦ Death's Loneliness — Filled
Death's loneliness will be filled with divine companionship. The last loneliness — the one every soul must face. No husband can follow into that room. No friend can hold the hand past that threshold. Death is the ultimate solitary experience.
And yet — filled. Not empty. Not terrifying. Filled with divine companionship. The Father who was with Jesus on the Mount of Olives will be with His children in the valley of the shadow. The presence that sustained the morning devotion will sustain the final breath. And the words that carried every solitary hour of life will carry the last one: "I am not alone because the Father is with me." 🙏
But if we have Christ, then, no matter what is taken, He will remain — and He will suffice.
✦ He Will Remain — And He Will Suffice
The final line of the handwritten pages. Fifteen words that contain the entire Christian life.
No matter what is taken. Health may be taken. Companions may be taken. Youth may be taken. The house, the plans, the road ahead — all may be taken. The uprootings will come. What seemed permanent will prove temporary. What seemed secure will be removed.
He will remain. When everything else is gone — He is still there. The I AM who was before Abraham. The Father who was with Jesus on the Mount of Olives. The Shepherd who never departs. The Comforter who abides. He does not leave when the other companions leave. He does not scatter when the friends scatter. He remains.
And He will suffice. Not merely survive. Not barely manage. Suffice. Be enough. Be all that is needed. Be the satisfaction of every hunger and the healing of every hurt. The blank check of I AM — filled in with one word: enough.
This is the conviction that cannot be upset — built on the written Word, held through every season, tested by every uprooting, and found to be true. He remains. And He suffices. 🙏
"No matter what is taken, He will remain — and He will suffice."
From Le's Handwritten Journal · April 26, 2026 · The final wordAll Hungers Satisfied
He would commune with One who was all love, who never misunderstood Him. In that blessed companionship, all the hungers of the heart were satisfied, and all the hurts of love were healed.
Alone but Not Alone
Every man went to his own house. Jesus went to the Mount of Olives — alone but not alone. The Father was with Him. His comfort was not a place. It was a Presence.
He Never Departs
No changes can take Christ away. Other companions scatter. BUT HE NEVER DEPARTS. Christ becomes more and more real. Death's loneliness will be filled with divine companionship.
He Will Suffice
No matter what is taken. He will remain. And He will suffice. Not barely manage — suffice. Be enough. Be all that is needed. The blank check filled in with one word: enough.