What Scripture says about loneliness


"And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart." (Jeremiah 29:13)

From the Old Testament

“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” (Isaiah 41:10)

“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” (Psalm 23:4)

“Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.” (Deuteronomy 31:6)

"For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the LORD will take me in." (Psalm 27:10)

“And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” (Jeremiah 29:13)

From the New Testament

“Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:20)

“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.” (John 14:18)

“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me.” (Revelation 3:20)

From the Heavenly Doctrines

“It is no more possible for God to be absent from us than it is for the sun…to be absent from our earth.” (True Christianity 70)

“The Lord’s presence is unceasing with every person.” (True Christianity 774)

“The more closely we are united to the Lord, the more clearly we seem to have our own identity, and yet the more obvious it is to us that we belong to the Lord.” (Divine Providence 42)

“The Lord has compassion on everybody, loves everybody, and wants to make everyone eternally happy.” (Secrets of Heaven 904)

“It can never be said that heaven is outside anyone.” (Heaven and Hell 54)

"Every person and every spirit is under the Lord's protection, the evil equally as the good. No evil can happen to him who is under the Lord's protection, for it is the Lord's will that no one should perish or be punished." (Apocalypse Explained 643:2)

"Peace holds within itself trust in the Lord, the trust that He governs all things and provides all things, and that He leads toward an end that is good. When a person believes these things about Him he is at peace, since he fears nothing and no anxiety about things to come disturbs him." (Heavenly Secrets 8455:1)

 

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Daily Inspiration

"Hell is in an evil person and heaven in a good person. After death everyone comes into that hell or into that heaven with which they had been associated while in the world."

Arcana Coelestia 8918:4