Faith Filled Family Magazine November 2016 | Page 28

OVERCOMING

LONELY
BY KELLY ELDERS

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oneliness has nothing
to do with how many
people surround you.
Some of the most
lonely people are surrounded
by family or people everyday.
You can be lonely and never be
alone. Many people are living life
surrounded by church people,
coworkers and family members
yet have this loneliness deep
within.
Loneliness is a feeling of being disconnected and isolated.
It leaves a person feeling as if
no one can understand or relate
yet Jesus himself felt this very
feeling. When he found himself

on the cross feeling forsaken
even from his Father. When He
hung on the cross many of his
disciples were no where to be
seen as he cried out “My God,
my God, why have you forsaken
me?” Matthew 27:46
It may have been what He felt in
that moment because He took
upon all of our sin which separated Him from God so He can
identify when we struggle in
these times.
The enemy loves to make us
feel isolated and as if we can not
connect with others. It makes
us vulnerable to his voice of de-