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Sep 16, 2019 · And in Isaiah 53:3, a prophecy about Jesus, we read, “He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.”. Jesus can empathize with the pain of loneliness because he experienced it.
Feb 8, 2007 · Loneliness is feeling alone . . . no matter how many people are around you. It is a feeling of being disconnected, unplugged, left out, isolated." 24. This means that we can be in a crowded room and feel isolated, locked in a bubble of our own. Like Kate, we can be married and lonely, yearning to be accepted as we are.
The Bible uses words like downcast, broken-hearted, troubled, miserable, despairing, mourning, and hopelessness. Not all of these words mean the same thing as lonely, but many of them overlap with loneliness. They all express the painful ideas of being disconnected, overlooked, or forgotten. “God sets the lonely in families…”.
Firstly, Samuel says, the Bible recognises the threat of loneliness. Take Genesis 2:18, for example, where amid the magnificence of creation, God says it’s ‘not good’ for Adam to be alone. Secondly, the narratives and poems in the Bible show how common and complex loneliness is. Jeremiah, for instance, experienced isolation when he ...
Mar 1, 2024 · Jesus knew and grieved the separation of death. Misunderstood by family and friends, rejected by his countrymen, despised by the religious leaders, forsaken and betrayed by his disciples, Jesus understood loneliness. No one was more of an outsider, and no one could be more of a friend. To our own lonely hearts, the ever-present Jesus whispers ...
Jan 13, 2020 · January 13, 2020 by Jack Hartjes. You can be quite lonely in a crowd. An article in AARP Magazine has me thinking about loneliness in our lives and lonely people in the Bible’s stories. Nobody ...
Jan 4, 2022 · One can be alone without being lonely, and one can be lonely in a crowded room. Loneliness is, therefore, a state of mind, an emotion brought on by feelings of separation from other human beings. The sense of isolation is very deeply felt by those who are lonely. The Hebrew word translated “desolate” or “lonely” in the Old Testament ...
