Topic: Dealing with loneliness (1) – Jentezen Franklin Ministry Daily Devotional 12 May  2023

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Dealing with loneliness (1)

May 12, 2023

“I…am like a sparrow alone on the housetop.” Ps 102:7 NKJV

Wolfgang Dircks, a divorced, disabled loner, was found deceased in his apartment in Bonn, Germany, in December 1998—five years after he died. He was forty-three and died watching television. Neighbors didn’t notice his absence. His landlord came by after the bank account from which his rent was paid dried up. A TV schedule was still sitting on the lap of Dircks’s skeleton and was open to the page of December 5, 1993—the apparent date of his death.

The television had long since stopped in the on position, but the lights on his 1993 Christmas tree were still glowing. When God created us, He said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him” (Ge 2:18 NKJV). You were created to be in relationship. You don’t have to accept loneliness as your destiny. Instead: (1) Find a need and meet it. Often loneliness is not the absence of people, but purpose. Show a true interest in the difficulties of others. Resist making your own issues and worries the aim of every conversation.

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others” (Php 2:3-4 NIV). (2) Be generous to others with your time, talents, and treasure. Not everyone will accept what you offer, but someone will. Pray for guidance and keep reaching out. God says, “To me, you are very dear, and I love you…” (Isa 43:4 CEV).

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