Scripture talks about God always being with us, but I’m wondering how that really applies in everyday life when you still feel alone. Is loneliness something the Bible directly addresses, or is it more implied through those assurances that God is with us?
How do you personally reconcile the idea that “God is always with us” with the very real emotional experience of loneliness?
I was without God most of my life and didn’t have anyone, life was like that line from a Bush song "I’m never alone, I’m alone all the time.’ once I found God that disappeared for the most part on a mental and spiritual level.
However, once in a relationship for the first time, I realized what lonlieness was on a different scale and a hole, I didn’t even know was there was filled, losing that hurt, but the loss was primarily emotional and physical.
I think there are different types of lonliness, and that while God can be with you, as humans we do need and often seek the comfort of other people, we were not created or designed to be alone.
Just my experience and opinion.
Loneliness is a painful, real reality and experience.
J.
I understand, I have not had the same personal experience, but I feel for you, truly. you are not alone I may not know you well yet, but I am here as a brother in Christ.
God bless
Thank you for sharing a bit about your experience and affirming that I’m not alone in these feelings. “We were not created or designed to be alone” - I needed to hear that. We’re in this together, brother, God bless!
I think this is something a lot of people feel but don’t always talk about.
For me, knowing God is with me and feeling lonely don’t cancel each other out. They can exist at the same time. The idea that God is present is more of a steady truth, while loneliness is more of an emotional experience that comes and goes.
I also think it makes sense that we still need connection with other people. Feeling lonely doesn’t necessarily mean something is wrong with your faith, it might just mean you’re human.
It’s not good for man to be alone. God said that right in the beginning and God was very present with Adam. I know that God understands our loneliness and in the Psalms it says that God sets the lonely in families. To feel lonely is to be human and our God is well aware when loneliness is something we face.
I agree that we can be lonely even knowing that we are not alone. I have to ask myself what it is that we really want when we’re feeling this way in a crowd of people. It’s not just another human presence or even someone to talk with. What we really want is a like minded heart. Someone who knows exactly what I’m talking about and can share in it. Even so, we each stand alone. Family and friends help, but we’re still an isolated being. We want someone in our life that shares in who we are. Some might call it a best friend.
C.S Lewis writes about this in the Four Loves. We need all 4 loves in our life.