The Opposite of Loneliness is NOT Togetherness

Have you ever felt lonely?  I mean really lonely deep in your gut.  Being around others in a group, the “togetherness” would seem a logical solution to the problem.  It is not.  One can be lonely in a crowd.  Why is this so?  The opposite of loneliness is not togetherness rather the opposite of loneliness is intimacy.  Certainly there is that intimacy between GOD and man when we accept the gift of HIS son JESUS CHRIST.  HE sends the HOLY SPIRIT to live within us.  The HOLY SPIRIT is the indelible mark of that intimate relationship.  Our creator longs for us to be in relationship with HIM.  HE created each one of us for the distinct pleasure of knowing us.  Isn’t that amazing?  The GOD of all creation desired me into existence because HE loves me.  One sided relationships do not work.  How many of us have known one of these sometime in our existence.  The LORD wants us daily to choose to come to HIM and commune with HIM, make HIM lord of all we do.  It would seem to be so much easier if we were still in the garden and could walk with GOD like Adam did. 

GOD created Eve as a help mate for Adam.  Why?  HE knew what was to come, sin would enter the world and our intimacy would be broken.  We as human beings need intimacy or loneliness will devour us.  This is why the design of Adam and Eve.  It is a mental, emotional, physical example of the relationship HE desires with each of HIS creation.

The intimacy when two souls interact.  That can’t happen unless you are open to it.  You know what I mean . . . that best friend you could talk with about anything . . . you can pick up conversations with even after months of not talking to each other.  This is a kindred spirit, this is where intimacy if flourishing. 

I think as we get older it is most difficult to be open, as the light of hope has faded within us.  It is shaded by the disappointments and unkempt promises of our loved ones.  The unseen hurts pile up and the light is almost extinguished.  Almost is the optimal word here.  We are made in the image of GOD we are eternal as HE is.  Our bodies may wither and die but that which we are, will always be.  How frightening for those who do not know the LORD, to be for eternity separated from the LIGHT all because during this brief moment while they walk this present Earth they have chosen to reject HIM.

Do you know JESUS?  Are you feeling alone and searching for intimacy in your life?  Start here and the rest will come.

• Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.”

• John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that HE gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in HIM would not perish but have everlasting life.

Yours always,

Elizabeth Antonnette