May 22, 2025

Ungodly Indicators #4: Isolation

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Have you ever found yourself pulling away from others when life gets overwhelming? In today’s episode, hosts Gaby Alessi invite us to reflect on the subtle warning signs of isolation and how it can quietly creep into our lives as an “ungodly indicator.” Drawing from Ecclesiastes 4:9, we’ll discover the vital importance of community, explore the difference between healthy solitude and harmful isolation, and learn practical ways to pursue supportive relationships that lift us up when we fall.

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You're listening to the My Morning Devotional podcast, episode 1274. Today's Devo is called Ungodly Indicators, Part 4. Hey there.

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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 Alison to produce a five minute daily dose of heaven. This is the My Morning Devotional Podcast. Well, we have reached Thursday.

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It's almost Friday. It's going to be a great, great day. Hope you guys are all pushing through to the end of the week.

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We are about to wrap up our series on ungodly indicators. And I really hope this has blessed you and encouraged you.

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And I really hope you know my heart as I say these things and as I speak this, because truthfully, I have been challenged in all of these as of late. And so I know what it is to feel challenged in this. And I'm still figuring out how to correct myself and stay on a path that pleases the Lord. Today we're going to look at another indicator, and this one is isolation.

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9 says two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.

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Now, something about my personality. I am a people person. I love people. I drive energy, derive, I get, I receive, whatever the word is, energy from people. If I'm alone, if I am isolated, I don't operate well, I'm not myself. So this is something that, funny enough, when we were doing our bonus episode, which I encourage you to go look into our buy me a coffee subscription, you can receive bonus episodes of us girls all chatting together. When we were doing the bonus episode, Rachelle brought this up and she was talking about how even in her life, and I'm not trying to air out her dirty laundry, but this is just a great example of different personality types that she was saying. She doesn't really deal with the frustration, like how I was dealing with that indicator, but she deals with the indicator of isolation where there's a difference between needing your time alone to regroup, to kind of rest and then recharge.

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There's a difference between that and then isolating yourself. Because isolating yourself removes yourself from community, which is a source of energy, a source of encouragement, and just a reminder that you're not alone. And she was, she really. It was a beautiful thing to talk about it. And I've been thinking about isolation because isolation is an easy thing to do. It is easier to pull back, it's easier to stay home, it's easier to not answer the text, it's easier to not call the person back. It's easier to be mad at people and push them away because frankly, it just feels better. In a weird way. It's easier to push people away and to believe the thought of they don't understand, they don't get me. But you know where isolation gets hard is when you are having a bad day, when you are dealing with something, when you are stressed out, when you are frustrated, when you are falling into a pit, as Ecclesiastes says, it gets really hard in that moment because no one is there to, to help you up. I think this is a really beautiful verse in the Bible because some people stop at 2 are better than 1.

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They stop right there. We use it a lot in, in weddings. You hear it, you hear it when people are getting married, you hear it when people come into business together. But this is a verse that helps us in our every day life because this is saying two are better than one. If one person falls, someone is there to pick you up.

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If something happens to you, someone is there to help you and this happens in return. If something happens to your brother, you are there to pick them up. You see, we've been challenged recently. I've been challenged recently by a mentor in my life to find three people that if I'm going through it, these are the three people that I can call or if I'm going through it, these are the three people that my fiance Christian can call and say, hey, you need to reach out to Gabby. She's really going through it. And when that person told me to think about three people, I was really challenged because I thought, you know, I have my sisters, I have my mom, I have all these people in my life, but do I have people that when I'm falling they know how to pick me up?

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And sometimes we put it on people, we blame them. They don't know, they don't know. But I wonder if it's because I've never shown them how to pick me up. I've never shown them how they can help me.

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And one of the ways that we show them is by spending time with people.

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It's about getting around people. If you going back to the frustration indicator, if you are frustrated, frustration will lead to isolation. So I encourage you to get around people. If you're frustrated, I encourage you to get around people and ask them about their lives. Because. Because if you hear their story and what they're going through, it'll make you drop that frustration so quick because you'll be grateful, man. Lord, you. You've got my back. What they're going through is difficult. It gives you perspective. Relationships gives you perspective. It gives you energy. It gives you. What's the word? Accountability.

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It gives you that unity that you need. And we know when there's unity, there's power. So we don't want to do life alone. Alone. We're not called to do life alone. We're called to pursue relationships. But isolation, isolation is a great indicator of. Hold on, I'm not getting something right here. Two are better than one. They have a good return for their labor. If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. I love how it says, but pity anybody who falls and has no one to help them up. Let's not be that in that situation. Let's not be that person. Let's pursue relationships. Let's get out there.

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Let's overcome our pride or our frustration that's keeping us isolated. And let's surround ourselves with community. Thank you, Lord, for today. I pray that you bring godly relationships to every person that is listening to the person that really struggles with isolation. God, I pray that you would reveal new friendships, new relationships that they can get around. Talk to people and God, even through this podcast community, use this as a way to stay connected with and use this as a community that we can build each other up.

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They are not alone. We are never alone. You have called people to love one another and to come together in unity, and so I thank you for it. In Jesus name I pray. Amen and amen.

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