Loneliness

Loneliness is a funny thing. In one aspect you feel angry at maybe a particular person who isn't "meeting the need." In another aspect you feel guilty that you even feel lonely because you should be thankful for the wonderful people you have in your life and you can think of quite a few people who are REALLY lonely.
While being thankful will give you a proper perspective of lonely emotions...sometimes the feeling of loneliness just settles in the bottom of your gut and just won't go away. I can relate! We can have the most to be thankful for...yet as much as we have and as blessed as we can be, we can still feel lonely.
Please understand this. We aren't in heaven in our new glorified bodies and in the splendor of eternity. That's why we feel lonely. And you know what? God wants us to. Yes! He WANTS us to feel lonely. Because that's when we turn to Him and then He has the CHANCE to show us His presence and company. Let me make it CLEAR to you that it is a lie from the pit of hell that "if you only had" a husband, children, a better friend, a sister or brother, a mentor, etc. that you wouldn't feel so lonely. It's NOT true. You can have all these things in abundance and still feel lonely. I can testify! Now of course our relationships with all these people may meet practical needs but we ALL can admit there's a loneliness that resides. For some of us it may be very intense at times (all the "blessed" people included!) but rest assure, after the fall of man that is the condition we were left in. Until we are free from our flesh completely, our bodies, emotions and hearts will scream "LONELY!"...some days you won't notice it, other days it seems like a siren ringing in your ears...but there will be a day when we will feel lonely no more. Let your loneliness drive you into a more POWERFUL and INTIMATE relationship with a very REAL and ALIVE God who wants you to know Him.