You're listening to my Morning Devotional podcast, episode 1279. Today's Evo is called Introverts Energized by People. Hey there. We're the Alessies, a ministry family working together in our church in Miami, Florida. And if you're like us, when days get busy and to do lists get longer, it can be hard to find devotional time. That's why we've partnered with our friend Allison to produce a five minute daily dose of heaven. This is the My Morning
Devotional Podcast. Good morning everybody and happy Thursday. I hope that you guys are having a great week. Great week. My name is Richelle Alessi and the weekend is almost approaching, but I have two days left and I'm really excited to share with you guys a little bit more about just getting yourselves refreshed and not letting the year get to you. And just to recap a little bit, we've talked about being generous. We've talked about remembering the promises
of God. Yesterday we talked about getting the focus of ourselves and truly just blessing the Lord and getting a time where we get to worship God and thank him for how good he is. And today I have a super fun topic. And even the name of the podcast is kind of funny. It's ironic and it's called Introverts Energized by People. And as if you know, introverts are not going to be energized by people. They enter, they get their energy back by being alone, by being by
themselves for a little bit. No noise from the. No person and nothing. But I find it funny that sometimes, believe it or not, no matter what your personality is, the way that you can get refreshed is by getting around people. And not just any people, but your friends, your closest friends, the people that you know that are there for you, that you love, that you can have a good time with. And I've been this year we've been intentional about who. Who's in
our life. Me and my husband have been talking about this. This has been a topic of conversation for us and we've discussed, like, who are our close friends that we truly love to spend time? Who are the people that we truly want to spend some time with this year and just build a relationship. Because you've probably heard us say, but here at Metro Life Church, our church, our core values, our relationship with means we build everything on relationship, relationship with the
Lord, relationship with each other. And no matter what personality you have, it truly is about relationship. And I can say that relationships have been the biggest blessing in my life to this day. And even though I can consider myself, I can put myself in the introvert category. Honestly, I've changed throughout the years. I don't even want to put myself in a category. But if you feel like sometimes you need to be away from people for a little
bit, let me challenge you. And this here, if you're finding yourself, like you said, we were tired, and there's things that you're like, okay, I just don't know why I'm feeling this way. I know that you think the answer is not people, but believe it or not, getting around the right people will give you the right energy, will energize you, will refresh you. Getting around friends that you can just have a good laugh, Going to coffee and talking
about things that are just funny. And you just get a light moment that is joyful, that is fun. It could really put a lot of gas in your tank. It doesn't always have to be super spiritual. Sometimes the biggest blessings really come through our relationships. And so there is this verse. So, yes, I'm gonna get to the verse. And the verse is Genesis
18. And it says, it's not good for man to be alone. I will make him a helpmate. And we know that this verse is made for when God made Adam and Eve. And I do not want to take this verse out of context at all or out of what the Bible intended it to be. But I love that it says it's not good for man to be alone. And I think that really is for all of us. It's not good that we are alone. And sometimes when we are a little tired or a little disappointed, our natural self, no matter
what personality you are, you really do pull back, at least for me. I know you start to just not want to be around anybody. You think that the way you need a rest is just by having alone time. You don't want anybody. You don't want people to know what's going on. You need to process it by yourself. I don't want to talk unless I'm ready to. And I know those are thoughts or phrases that you might feel like are just who you are. But, guys, it's not good for us to be
alone. And God has made people in our life to bless us, to refresh us, to bring us energy, people that are our biggest blessing. And so let's not reject the importance of people. And so I want to challenge you. Find a friend or two this week that you can go out with for coffee or at least put a Date on the calendar where you can do things you love, whether it's shopping, maybe it's guys and you guys just want to go play some sports and, and get together and do
that. Whatever it is that makes you happy. You don't have to do it for a full day. Do it for an hour. Put it on the calendar. Reach out to that friend and plan something to build that relationship that you know is going to be. It's going to give you energy. Don't isolate yourself. Do not pull back even if you are tired this year. Do not give into being alone because it's not good for us to to be
alone. Get around the right people. And maybe this for you means saying goodbye to some old friendships and now getting around the right people that you know will be good for your life. And so guys, let's do it together. Write comments. I would love to hear the great days that you had with your friends. If you put a date on the calendar, let us know and maybe even share photos, share pictures with us, send us a DM because I would love to see the fun and
the great blessing through relationship. Let's pray. Dear Father God, we want to thank you because you said that it was not good for us to be alone. That means that you have provided and given us the right people to be around. Lord, thank you for the gift of people. Thank you because we are not alone, because you're with us and because of the people that you have sent around us. And so from this point on, we, we promise to be better with
our relationships. We promise to be more intentional about our relationships and help us see, Father, that we get to enjoy a life, a full life because of the relationships that you have surrounded us with. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. So there you have it. Your 5 minute daily dose of heaven. Thank you so much for tuning in today. We pray these devotionals empower you to take on your day. If you found value in this devotional, share it
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