Loneliness...
"teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Matthew 28:20
The thought of loneliness usually stirs visions of being physically alone. Yet many feel lonely even in a crowd of people. Loneliness is an experience of the heart and cannot be simply chased away by material gain or the wealth of possessions. Only Jesus can truly satisfy a lonely heart.
Corrie Ten Boom wrote of her time spent in isolation in a concentration camp:
"A solitary cell awaited me. Everything was empty and gray...Here there was nothing, only an emptiness, a cold gray void. 'O Savior, You are with me, help me; hold me fast and comfort me,' I pray. And peace stole into my heart. The weird noises still surrounded me, but I fell quietly asleep."
"I soon grew accustomed to the cell, and when worries threatened to overwhelm me I began to sing. What a change in my life! I talked with my Savior. Never before had fellowship with Him been so close. It was a joy I hoped would continue unchanged. I was a prisoner-and yet-how free!"
No matter how dark your loneliness appears, God will bring light, hope, and a sense of total security if you will call out in faith to Him.
- C. Stanley
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