The Bible answers loneliness in two ways: with the promise that God is present, and with other people. Deuteronomy 31:6 says, “he will never leave you nor forsake you,” and Psalm 68:6 says, “God sets the lonely in families.” Scripture also separates being alone from being lonely. Jesus “often withdrew to lonely places and prayed” (Luke 5:16), and he also knew desertion: at his arrest “everyone deserted him and fled” (Mark 14:50). The psalms below speak for people who are…
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