Loneliness in the World

We live in a loneliness-producing world. Just look around. Computers and technology. Mobility, people moving from place to place. Shopping malls filled with restless people. Machines replacing humans. Money used to buy intimacy or companionship in bars and night clubs. Even in homes and churches, people avoid each other. Dehumanizing influences, rapid changes, abound in our world today that discourage community and stimulate loneliness.

The world concludes that the only solution to loneliness is human contact or companionship. It fails to recognize that there is something deeper. You can have all the friends in the world, be close to family, or the counseling/psychological services you want to address your loneliness. But if you do not know Christ or are disconnected from God due to sin, you lack the relationship that matters the most in this temporary life. There is such a thing as "existential loneliness," a spiritual loneliness and vacuum in the heart of every human being that can only be filled by a personal relationship with God.

Christ understands my loneliness. Your loneliness, our loneliness. He experienced it Himself while He was with us. He promised that He will never leave us nor forsake us (Hebrews 13:5). He will stand at our side and give us strength (2 Tim 4: 17). Cheers!

Comments

Lydia said…
I have read only this one post because it is 2:30 a.m. here and I must turn off my computer. But tonight I tried something different, and used keywords in the Google advanced blog search to read something new. I keyed in "loneliness" (I'm not feeling particularly lonely, btw) and your blog came up. What amazes me is that since I began my blog in February I have made two friends, one a very good friend, in the Philippines and a girl in the states who is on my blogroll just blogged recently about her father visiting there to re-establish his family roots. I think that is pretty remarkable! I have also made friends in other countries, but for some reason your country has the majority pool in my little blog world.
God is everything to me, but I don't consider myself a member of any religion. Still, your words are nice and not preachy. Comforting. So thank you, and now goodnight!
Thanks Lydia for your comment, my joy to have shared and spoken somehow to to your heart in a way. I give you John 3:16 from the Bible, check it out!