Many of us who post on this forum and are and have been at our rope's end many times have at times felt alone and abandoned by people who we would like to call 'friends'.
Some of us have been rejected because of how we look, how we speak, how we act, how we think. Some have never 'fit in' and there never had been people who wanted to be with us. Others have been great friends with someone close, who chose to walk out and leave us. Some have been abandoned by girlfriends and boyfriends, wives and husbands. In some cases, it was just a close friend who left us. Some have had our hearts broken by those who were close to us, others have been alienated from all others for a long time already and have stopped feeling and caring.
Feeling alone is a horrible feeling. It is like being in a cave and seeing no way out. It is like feeling scared and embarassed and angry and cold, wanting to cry out but having no one to cry out to. It is like wanting to share everything but knowing no one even cares to listen.
Many people feel this way, and do not want to live anymore. They can't stand being rejected, ignored, unseen, unheard, unrecognized for being the people they are. Sometimes it feels like the world has closed it's eyes on us and there is nothing left but alienation and rejection and sadness. I have felt this way too.
Yet we are not alone. There are people out there who care. There are people who post here and listen to others and care about others. There are people here who are ready to listen and share their advice and their experiences. There are people here who care about you. You may not know them personally and they may not know you, but they care about you.
I am lucky to have found this forum and I can testify that they have not turned their backs on me. I am grateful and thankful to them for this and always will be.
I am not alone. Neither are you, even if we both feel this way sometimes.
There is Someone else who cares about us. Unlike many good people on SF who care about us and support us and are there for us although they may not know us, He knows everything about us. He loves us and created us in His image. He is God.
He loves us so much that He sent Jesus Christ to die for us on the cross. In Christ, God took on human form and came down to earth to live among us. He walked among us. He fed the hungry, He healed the sick, He brought hope to the suffering and salvation to those who followed Him. He allowed Himself to be arrested and whipped and crucified for our sake. He promised that those who put their faith in Him will be rewarded with everlasting life after death, a life full of only joy and hope. A life without loneliness. A life without suffering.
I have turned to Him after a time in my life when I felt no one was there for me. After accepting Him, I have had times of sorrow and times of joy. Times when I felt I had a lot of friends and things were going great, and times when I felt alone and rejected by people I was close to. But I know that no matter what happens, I am never alone. Some people are good friends, others want nothing to do with me. But even if everyone abandoned me, it wouldn't matter. I have put my faith in Jesus, and I know that He will never leave me.
God loves you and He will never abandon you or desert you. Jeus wants you to accept Him as your Saviour and Lord. He will never EVER turn His back on you and during the best of times and the worst of times He will always be there for you. And He promises you everlasting life and happiness with Him when you die.
Jesus is the best friend anyone of us could ever hope for. Turn to Him, and you will never truly be alone again. I know I'm not.
Cristo Vive!
- Tomasz
Some of us have been rejected because of how we look, how we speak, how we act, how we think. Some have never 'fit in' and there never had been people who wanted to be with us. Others have been great friends with someone close, who chose to walk out and leave us. Some have been abandoned by girlfriends and boyfriends, wives and husbands. In some cases, it was just a close friend who left us. Some have had our hearts broken by those who were close to us, others have been alienated from all others for a long time already and have stopped feeling and caring.
Feeling alone is a horrible feeling. It is like being in a cave and seeing no way out. It is like feeling scared and embarassed and angry and cold, wanting to cry out but having no one to cry out to. It is like wanting to share everything but knowing no one even cares to listen.
Many people feel this way, and do not want to live anymore. They can't stand being rejected, ignored, unseen, unheard, unrecognized for being the people they are. Sometimes it feels like the world has closed it's eyes on us and there is nothing left but alienation and rejection and sadness. I have felt this way too.
Yet we are not alone. There are people out there who care. There are people who post here and listen to others and care about others. There are people here who are ready to listen and share their advice and their experiences. There are people here who care about you. You may not know them personally and they may not know you, but they care about you.
I am lucky to have found this forum and I can testify that they have not turned their backs on me. I am grateful and thankful to them for this and always will be.
I am not alone. Neither are you, even if we both feel this way sometimes.
There is Someone else who cares about us. Unlike many good people on SF who care about us and support us and are there for us although they may not know us, He knows everything about us. He loves us and created us in His image. He is God.
He loves us so much that He sent Jesus Christ to die for us on the cross. In Christ, God took on human form and came down to earth to live among us. He walked among us. He fed the hungry, He healed the sick, He brought hope to the suffering and salvation to those who followed Him. He allowed Himself to be arrested and whipped and crucified for our sake. He promised that those who put their faith in Him will be rewarded with everlasting life after death, a life full of only joy and hope. A life without loneliness. A life without suffering.
I have turned to Him after a time in my life when I felt no one was there for me. After accepting Him, I have had times of sorrow and times of joy. Times when I felt I had a lot of friends and things were going great, and times when I felt alone and rejected by people I was close to. But I know that no matter what happens, I am never alone. Some people are good friends, others want nothing to do with me. But even if everyone abandoned me, it wouldn't matter. I have put my faith in Jesus, and I know that He will never leave me.
God loves you and He will never abandon you or desert you. Jeus wants you to accept Him as your Saviour and Lord. He will never EVER turn His back on you and during the best of times and the worst of times He will always be there for you. And He promises you everlasting life and happiness with Him when you die.
Jesus is the best friend anyone of us could ever hope for. Turn to Him, and you will never truly be alone again. I know I'm not.
Cristo Vive!
- Tomasz
