Read Mark 14:32–50
“A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.” —John 16:32
A friend struggling with loneliness posted these words on her Facebook page: “It’s not that I feel alone because I have no friends. I have lots of friends. But they can’t be with me all the time—for all time.” Jesus understands that kind of loneliness. I imagine that during His earthly ministry He saw loneliness in the eyes of lepers and heard it in the voices of the blind. But above all, He must have experienced it when His close friends deserted Him (MARK 14:50). He knew they would do that, but He had a better back-up plan. He said to His disciples: “You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me” (JOHN 16:32). Shortly after Jesus said these words, He took up the cross for us. He made it possible for us to have an intimate relationship with God. We will all experience loneliness. But Jesus helps us understand that we always have the presence of the Father with us. God is omnipresent and eternal. Only He can be with us all the time—for all time.
-Poh Fang
Dear Lord, in these lonesome times help me to remember that I am never alone. When depression comes over me help me know that you are near. I pray for others who maybe struggling as I do help me to reach out to them with the comfort that you give ~Amen
