I’m amazed at people’s loneliness. If you look close enough, you can catch the signs of it …
Sometimes it’s in the subtle words they say … sometimes it’s in the emotionless stares … and sometimes it’s in obvious body language …
Sometimes, as 'Christians', and I use that term loosely, we THINK that we should have it all together, because the world tells us that we should … but deep down, and in 'reality', we are just like the drug addict, looking for their next fix, the lonely soul, who just wishes to be anywhere but in the place they’re at, and the uncertain recluse, just wishing for answers …
Unfortunately, I think loneliness is a prerequisite of life … it’s inevitable, but it’s required … when loneliness DOES happen to creep in, I think WE ALL just want that connection with SOMETHING … As a woman who loves Jesus, I am reminded in those moments that He is right there, by my side … but … I think we can crave for something tangible, so badly, that our emotions overcome us, and we look at ourselves as inadequate? Perhaps this comes from the fact that we TOO, along with the person who doesn’t know about Jesus, can’t say, ‘I’m not lonely anymore because I DO have Jesus’.
The reality is, it sure would be nice to know that SOMEONE is there … faith is a little tough in those moments because what we can’t see, is not what we need … we need that gentle touch from SOMEONE who cares … and, even with that, the amazing part about it all, is that God still loves us, right in the midst of our feeling of loneliness, inadequacy, self-doubt, and perhaps, our feeling of un-reliance on God to get us through …
Honestly, I think everybody needs a little love, to make it all work out … so LOVE someone … you never know … you could just ‘break’ them of their loneliness in that specific moment in time … and in return, when you’re feeling a little down and out, someone just might reach out … a little further, and LOVE you right back …
