The Illusion of Loneliness

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JairCrawford

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Why do we tend, as Christians, to buy into the illusion that we are alone? It's a question I've asked myself, often.

When we are saved, the Holy Spirit comes to dwell inside of us. We are NEVER alone after this point. The Holy Spirit is God, and just as much a Person Who desires an intimate relationship with us.

Why do I talk to myself, or think to myself, when my Best Friend is always with me? That was a revelation I had over the past year. It puts a whole new perspective on "pray without ceasing".

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oldethennew

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before True-Conversion, of course we are 'always alone with/in the world...

after 'True Conversion', we are NEVER alone again...
 
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We aren't alone but it is easy to feel alone.
 
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JairCrawford said:
Why do we tend, as Christians, to buy into the illusion that we are alone? It's a question I've asked myself, often.

When we are saved, the Holy Spirit comes to dwell inside of us. We are NEVER alone after this point. The Holy Spirit is God, and just as much a Person Who desires an intimate relationship with us.

Why do I talk to myself, or think to myself, when my Best Friend is always with me? That was a revelation I had over the past year. It puts a whole new perspective on "pray without ceasing".

Thoughts? Comments?
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Loneliness is very real. Yes, the Holy Spirit may be inside of you but you can still get lonely. Adam was lonely and he had the Lord with him. God made him a companion that was of his own kind, a female named Eve.
 
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For me loneliness is an antonym for completeness. I say this because for about the first 20 years of my salvation I was plagued with the feeling of loneness, like I never fit into life. Heck, I felt that way before I was saved at 18, but that never stopped. Over those 20 years with G-d I had been married twice, had children, been in the mission field, went to university, lived for G-d. sometimes had a great walk, put others to same, sometimes so fair backslidden others could say I was not even saved. No matter where I was in life and with G-d I still felt like I never fit into life. Then one day in my car in a Kroger parking lot (grocery store in Ohio) I cried out and told G-d I know You should completed me, but You don’t. Please complete me!!!! And He came into my heart in such a tangible way I have never been lonely or felt incomplete since. I still don’t really fit into the world, but I fit into Him and it is all good. I am whole in a room full of people and I am whole all by myself…. He completes me. And that is what I had searched for almost 40 years. Going to heaven is just the cherry on top, G-d is soooo much more… He is the here and the now! And when He alone completes you are never alone or lonely.
 
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tourist said:
Loneliness is very real. Yes, the Holy Spirit may be inside of you but you can still get lonely. Adam was lonely and he had the Lord with him. God made him a companion that was of his own kind, a female named Eve.
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What he said.
 
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I sure do feel alone.
 
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Tommy379 said:
I sure do feel alone.
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That is not necessarily a bad thing, I have found that often times when I feel alone that is when God holds me in his arms the most. Honestly he is the only one who I can always go to knowing he fully understands and I find such comfort in him
 
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JairCrawford

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Great discussion so far guys!

Yes, I totally understand that FEELING lonely can be a very real issue that we deal with. I'm not trying to de legitimize that. However that does not change that we are not alone. And perhaps the greatest realization we can have (or one of the greatest revelations even) as Christians if we find ourselves feeling lonely, is the truth that we are in fact, never alone. It's changed me.
 
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Remember when Elijah The Prophet of God felt alone in those difficult circumstances , The Lord reminded Him he was not :)
 
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JairCrawford said:
Why do we tend, as Christians, to buy into the illusion that we are alone? It's a question I've asked myself, often.

When we are saved, the Holy Spirit comes to dwell inside of us. We are NEVER alone after this point. The Holy Spirit is God, and just as much a Person Who desires an intimate relationship with us.

Why do I talk to myself, or think to myself, when my Best Friend is always with me? That was a revelation I had over the past year. It puts a whole new perspective on "pray without ceasing".

Thoughts? Comments?
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Yah's spirit definitly can comfort in a storm to a point and in a way nothing else can.

Yet why was woman created? SO man would not be alone. This is too deep for me to personally get into here, just a thought tho...
 
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JairCrawford

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Don't get me wrong, I am not by any means saying that we don't need fellowship or relationships with others.
 
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for many, we can feel our aloneness while we wait so hard for our Lord to come...
 
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JairCrawford

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oldethennew said:
for many, we can feel our aloneness while we wait so hard for our Lord to come...
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But is He not very much with us right now? His presence permeates, pierces through our very souls, even now, if we allow Him to.

Yes, we will one day see Him in fullness when He returns, but even now, He desires a very real, intimate, dynamic relationship with us.
 
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being alone in a human sense isnt necessarily negative either. the world just tells us that.

but some folks like Jesus said arent meant for marriage and are gifted to be alone. like many early christians were, like Paul. i love marriage. but i also like to be alone at times.
 
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