Loneliness Of Heart

I want to talk to you today about loneliness.

All of us at some time in our life will be

gripped by feelings of loneliness. Do not be

alarmed if you are one of them. A small child

feels it, and a teenager complains, “No one

understands me.” Older citizens grumble,

“No one wants to talk to me, nobody visits.”

Loneliness haunts from the cradle to the

grave. But the situation is not hopeless.

There is a cure for the lonely feeling, and

that is a personal relationship with Christ

Jesus. His promise to the believer, “I will

never leave you or forsake you.”

Fanny Crosby, the blind songwriter, could

have withdrawn easily into the shadows of

her handicap. Instead, she put her trust in

God and stepped out in joy and usefulness

available to his children. Loneliness gone,

she could write, “Blessed assurance, Jesus

is mine. Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine.”

Can you honestly say with the song writer,

“Jesus is mine?”

Without the fellowship of God, we are

spiritual orphans. God has placed the duty

of loving one another upon the believer.

Love expresses itself in a visit to the elderly,

a helping hand to those who grieve, a letter

to those separated from friends, a phone

call, or a gift. Reach out a hand of love and

comfort to someone living with the distress

of a lonely heart today.

Father, let your presence be our constant

companion in every situation.

Amen.