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02.11.11

The Cure for Loneliness

He who has my commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who
loves me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself
to him. If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love
him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. - John 14:21; 23.

Ann Landers said this about the many letters she received. "I've learned
plenty-including, most meaningfully, what Leo Rosten had in mind when he
said, 'Each of us is a little lonely, deep inside, and cries to be
understood.' I have learned how it is with stumbling, tortured people in
this world who have nobody to talk to. The fact the column has been a
success underscores, for me at least, the central tragedy of our society,
the disconnectedness, the insecurity, the fear that bedevils, cripples and
paralyzes so many of us. I have learned that financial success, academic
achievement, and social or political status open no doors to peace of mind
or inner security. We are all wanderers, like sheep, on this planet."
(Saturday Review)

Nearly everyone at some point in their lives will feel lonely. What do you
do if you are lonely? Where do you turn? There is a cure for loneliness, but
it is not an easy cure. Jesus says in Luke 9:23, "If anyone desires to come
after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his
life for My sake will save it." The key to escape from loneliness is found
in dying to yourself. The cross is an instrument of execution, and we see
that dying is to be a daily dying to self. In order to die to self, we must
deny ourselves, and follow our Lord each day. In the process, we lose our
life, but gain the life that our Lord has planned for us.

As we die to self, and seek to follow our Lord, what happens? What happens
is "My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him (John 14:21)."
"We will come to him and make Our home with him (John 14:23)." As we lose
our life, in the life of our Lord, we will find life and fellowship with
Him. Our loneliness will disappear as we follow Him step by step through
each day.

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