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worried about being lonely

Susie~Q

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Hi Nicole,

I have never had a good, off-line friend, so, it is hard for me to relate to your question, but, I can certainly imagine how upset you are. Pray on it, and, if possible, if you have any special interests or hobbies that have clubs in your area, join them, maybe you will meet a new friend that way.
 
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I am praying for you sunshine. I can only imagine the feelings you are going through. Keep busy and trust God. He will help fill that loneliness you are feeling and replace it with something/ someone good. Plus, you can keep in touch with your friend and she will share awesome and wonderful things with you. It's going to be okay. You will see.
 
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God will help you make friend connections
that are the right ones.
I think this is very important, that God guides us into the relationships that we belong in.

"In all your ways acknowledge Him,
.And He shall direct your paths."
(Proverbs 3:6)

Pray on it, and, if possible, if you have any special interests or hobbies that have clubs in your area, join them, maybe you will meet a new friend that way.
Yes, prayer . . . for how our Father will take care of this.

If you do what is good with God, you will likely discover others who are doing this, and you can share. So, for a hobby or interest, do it and you might discover someone else who is doing it, going to the same place, in the same store. And if we need exercise, we can find someone else in the gym or while jogging or walking.

Just by going to a church where you do well, you can discover who are the example Jesus love people who help you get real with God and learn to love any and all people, then you can connect with ones like this. And in a home group you can discover who is good for you while you are good for those people, also. And there are outreach and upbuilding and practical service and missionary ministries in a good church; join in what is for you, and you can discover who God has maybe even waiting to meet you :)

I have been alone for a while, but I love other Christians as myself; so I have thanked God for the married couples and their having children, and I would do service things so they could be free with their time to share with each other when they get to church after being busy away from each other, all week. And because I love them as myself, I would enjoy their marriages and children and friendships as if I have them . . . except I don't have to pay their bills! lololololololololol :)

But then I saw a new lady visiting, and she came to our group, and we would find each other at the grocery store, and she would call me with Bible questions and asking for prayer, and it has added up :)

So, why make plans? Trust God and enjoy discovering :)
 
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rockytopva

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Spiritual light...

Faith
Hope
Charity
Joy
Peace
Gentleness


Is something that is of great asset to we human beings. As bugs are drawn to a porch light on a summer night, so the spiritual light draws Gods creatures...


E=mc2.

Mass (m) = E/c2 (energy)

There is also an energy that forms a loving, warm, and caring heart. These energies draw people.
 
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I know what it's like to have good friends move away. It's rough.
I know it won't be the same, but try staying in contact over the phone, social media, video chat, online gaming etc.
My friend moved from about 5 minutes away to 2 states away, and now we keep contact through phone calls, texting, and Xbox Live.
 
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Loneliness is definitely a spiritual deception or spiritual drought where Satan wants every Christian and non-Christian to realize that, by using the 'friend gone' or family member gone' approach, accepting Jesus Christ is a waste of time because he died for our sins but the suffering goes on in this world where human crises never stop:.
Truth and wisdom is in the Word of God and is no lifeless book that sits in your home and does nothing, where our logical minds need to be Christ-transformed to see the holy spirit of Jehovah God the Father, or Son of God Jesus Christ flow through not just our hearts, but also every page in the holy bible, to give us supernatural abundance of courage, peace and joy - permanently to the maximum level- even while our imperfect temporary human bodies are under the old age process, knowing that they are temporary like a caterpillar's sleeping capsule before turning into a beautiful butterfly with the freedom of flight,
and like the butterfly is our future-coming genius-intelligent minds and bodies of Christ with the freedom to travel and visit any new brother and sister of Christ on a new disaster-free paradise Earth, with our own pest-free, construction-safe rent-free or mortgage-free home accommodation inside the kingdom of God, which I believe will become a city surrounding all four corners of the Earth and where all continents Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific will rise and be united as the ocean seas disappear beneath them.;'*';.
:liturgy:
 
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I pray that God gives you the guidance you need sister. Do you go to functions within your church? You may meet new people there. I have meet so many awesome people since changing churches. I would never go back to where I was.
Praying for you sister
 
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How far away will she be? Maybe you can visit each other, or meet "halfway" at a special gathering or tourist place or for something else that you have been interested in, which is in-betweensies :)

And I suppose you have a phone. Now a lot of people have unlimited minutes; so you can share a lot by phone, even get each other while having a group and one can join in by phone with speaker. And you have Skype, on the Net, or maybe other audio and visual services free or for a worthwhile fee.

But . . . if she is a good person for you, there can be people God has for her to love wherever she goes. So, it is good to support her to love and share with people there.

It's not the same thing :) but I have seen how my lady friend has adopted people. Anywhere she goes, she is seeing people she keeps track of, and she is talking about someone's daughter, nephew . . . knows a "number" of people and who their children are, who has been sick > by getting with her I have gotten a family, neighborhood of people who communicate and know each other, and a number of churches and the grocery store, with people she cares about.

So, I have been even cutting her loose a little bit, to make sure she keeps on loving all these people and she does not get more and more totally into me. But I would not trade her in for any woman I know :)

And there are people for you to be good for. If you don't find you are so great for others, now . . . well, this is now, and we grow in Jesus, then discover all He has for us. And, "of course", you can underestimate how much God has you be already good for people. So, trust God on this :)

beauty of the lilies
and the daisies
wedding-light

kissing mist
upon the waters
of the harbor

filtered sunshine
sharing caring
warmly daring

glances of the
dancing waves
washing in the foam
t-i-c-k-l-i-n-g
bubbles
in my troubles

"in the presence
of my enemies"
I have this table
before me
 
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Thanks for your advice.
She is moving to Guam,since her husband is stationed
there in the navy. I don't have a cell phone but perhaps can do skype
with her on my tablet or pc. I'm trying so hard to keep the faith and trust in God
but its not always easy.
 
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