"LONELINESS"

I will not leave you comfortless:
I will come to you.

     ~    John 14: 18              (KJV)

Then shalt thou call, and the
Lord shall answer;
Thou shalt cry,
and He shall say, here I am......

     ~    Isaiah 58:9           (KJV)

    A man of many companions may
come to ruin, but there is a friend
                 that sticks closer than a brother.                  

     ~Proverbs 18:24           (NIV)

For the Lord loves the just
                      and will not forsake His faithful ones.                 

     ~   Psalms 37:28    (NIV)

BELOVED, ALL OF US AT SOME TIME OR ANOTHER GO THROUGH PERIODS OF LONELINESS, SOME MORE THAN OTHERS. THERE ARE TIMES YOU CAN BE IN A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE, AND STILL FEEL ALONE. THIS IS A TIME WHEN THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL WANT TO MINISTER TO YOU, "REJECTION," AND SELF-PITY TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH YOU ARE UNWANTED OR  NOT NEEDED, THAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING ILL THOUGHTS TOWARD YOU... A HOST OF OTHER THINGS MAY COME TO YOUR MIND... MOST OF THE TIME, THESE THINGS ARE MOSTLY IMAGINARY, AND WE SEEM, AS IT WERE, TO ALMOST 'WELCOME THESE THOUGHTS,' AS THOUGH THEY WERE OLD FRIENDS...(THAT IS THE SELF-PITY), AT WORK.. IN TURN, AT TIMES WE EVEN "REJECT BACK,"..."WELL, WE SAY, IF THEY ARE LIKE THAT, I WILL BE COLD TOWARDS THEM AS WELL."  (REVENGE).

YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE REJECTED, UNPOPULAR FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER.. THE LIST HERE WOULD BE ENDLESS.. IT COULD BE A HUSBAND AND WIFE PROBLEM, WHERE ONE OR BOTH FEEL UNLOVED, UNWANTED, NEEDS NOT BEING FULFILLED, OR A PASTOR FEELING REJECTED BY HIS FLOCK IN THE CHURCH, OR YOU FEEL YOUR WORK AND LABOR IS GOING UNNOTICED OR UNAPPRECIATED, ETC... YOU MAY HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE AND ARE ALONE.

BUT, DEAR ONE, THROUGH IT ALL, JESUS LOVES YOU, AND ACCEPTS YOU IN THE BELOVED. DO NOT LET YOUR FEELING OF LONELINESS TURN YOU BITTER, AND CAUSE YOU TO BECOME HARSH TOWARD OTHERS IN RETURN, OR CAUSE YOU TO "LOOK FOR SOMETHING TO MAKE YOU HAPPY," AND "FILL THE VOID."

THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT PATHWAY TO FREEDOM... BUT TO "TRUST GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING.." THIS IS THE BEGINNING   OF WISDOM IN YOUR SITUATION. TO LOVE, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL LOVED .  THE CROSS WAS THE MOST LONELY PLACE OF ALL... AND WE MUST ALL "TAKE UP OUR CROSS AND FOLLOW JESUS."  RELY UPON HIS LOVE!  HE WILL NOT FAIL YOU!