Not a Friend in the World?

This life can be very lonely.
Sometimes it feels that there is no one who understands your heart.
Your family is dysfunctional. Your friends seem few and far.

Maybe you spend time in the hospital and only a few come to visit or call to check on you.

Maybe you are out of town for a while... and no one seems to miss you.



Days go by without the phone ringing.

Conversations are rare.

Compliments~ non-existent.


It makes life hard. And no one wants to ask for help.
You don't want pity. You don't want to beg for friendship.


If these feelings have ever gone through your mind....

haunted you in the quiet nights~


know that you are not alone.


The one who understands your heart the best has also felt alone.


When He needed a friend in His darkest hour~
there were none.

This man is our Savior and Friend.

This man is Jesus Christ.


He promises us His friendship if we give Him our love and obedience.

He promises that He will never leave us or forsake us.


He loved us so much that He willingly let men beat him and hang Him on a cross to be the perfect sacrifice for our sins.


We couldn't ask for a better friend than this.


If you do feel alone and heartbroken~ I would hope that a special person would be sent into your life to help ease those burdens.


But no matter what the future holds~ we have the Bible ~ the precious words of God to comfort us and give us the love we need. We may be let down by friends of this world, but He will never fail us.


Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts....
2 Thessalonians 2: 16 & 17