If there is one topic we as Christians try to avoid it's definitely loneliness! The truth is that all people are lonely. C. S. Lewis once said that we suffer from "lifelong nostalgia". We know we were created for the Garden of Eden, and we long to be back there. Paul, in Romans 8, talks about all of creation groaning and looking forward to the day where the life we were created for will be revealed.
If you google loneliness+Christian you'll find that apparently the only people who are lonely are: singles, divorced people, and people with counselling-worthy depressions......!....
I did, however, find one gold nugget out on the world wide web, that I'll link to and encourage you to read. The author has a lot of the same thoughts about loneliness that I do, so I'm just gonna let him speak on my behalf for now.
Enjoy http://www.adventistreview.org/2003-1501/story2.html
God bless and meet you in your loneliness! "Our souls are ever restless until they find their rest in you" - St. Augustine
Torben
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