A Prayer to Overcome Feelings of Loneliness – Your Daily Prayer – October 14

A Prayer to Overcoming Emotions of Loneliness
By Victoria Riollano

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“For my father and my mom have forsaken me, however the Lord will take me in.” – Psalm 27:10

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My birthday led to a pool of tears … on a day that ought to have been the yearly celebration of what God has completed in my life to this point, I realized a tough reality: a good friend that I had for years had unfriended me on social media. As foolish as it might appear, this unfriending was greater than a easy click on of a button for her. I imagine it was the end result of a friendship that had formally run its course. In any case, she was nonetheless buddies with everybody else we mutually knew. So, this was her means of fully ending the friendship, which had already been damaged by a sequence of misunderstandings, hurts, and damaged expectations.

The ending of this friendship despatched me right into a darkish place, and I questioned what number of extra relationships I might lose. Deep emotions of remorse and loneliness shadowed my thoughts as I began to replay all the things that had transpired and confronted the mourning of a friendship that was as soon as nearer than a household bond.

Within the weeks following, I discovered myself isolating and pushing away present friendships to help in my ache and shield my coronary heart. But, the extra I prayed about how to answer this damage, the extra the Lord jogged my memory that I’m by no means really alone. As mentioned in Isaiah 41:10, “Worry not, for I’m with you; be not dismayed, for I’m your God; I’ll strengthen you, I’ll enable you, I’ll uphold you with my righteous proper hand.”

The loneliness that I used to be experiencing, though heavy, was not a spot that he needed me to remain. As a substitute, the Lord used this momentary ache to remind me that He could be my place of security and luxury greater than anybody else might ever be. Though the Lord values friendships and desires us to stay in neighborhood, He additionally by no means needs a relationship to take the place of our relationship with Him. Sadly, I’ve been discovered responsible of putting extra worth on my individuals than my loyalty to the Lord.

My prayer for you at present is that you simply search the Lord when loneliness overtakes you. We are able to relaxation assured that “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds” (Psalm 147:3). Although we could really feel damaged and alone, we should know that God alone can heal our ache. He can deliver us readability on how we will present up higher for these in our lives. He can even deliver individuals into our lives that may mirror His love in the direction of us. Our position in that is to wish for consolation and know that God is really one of the best good friend we might ever ask for.

He’s trustworthy.
He’s trustworthy.
He’s loyal.
He cares about us after we don’t care about ourselves.
He is stuffed with grace and walks in fact.
He guides us and provides us peace.

That is the God we serve. What good friend we’ve in Jesus! Could your coronary heart be soothed and reminded of His endless faithfulness to those that imagine.

Let’s Pray:

Lord, I thanks to your friendship. God, I pray that when loneliness arises, you’ll consolation me together with your presence. I pray that you’ll assist me to recollect your faithfulness and the way you may have carried me by each state of affairs. Thanks that you’ll by no means go away me or forsake me. I thanks for being a loyal good friend and ministering to my damaged locations. God, I ask that you simply deliver these round me that may assist lead me nearer to you. Forgive me for any time I used to be not a superb good friend to these you may have put in my life. Heal my coronary heart from the loneliness that comes with life, Lord. In Jesus’ identify, amen.

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Victoria Riollano is a mom of eight, veteran partner, Psychology professor, and doctoral scholar, Victoria has realized the artwork of balancing household and carrying out God’s final objective for her life. Victoria holds an MA in Youngster Psychology and is the creator of two books- The Victory Walk: A 21-Day Devotional on Living a Victorious Life and Warrior Mother: Equipping Your Heart to Fight for Your Family’s Faith. When she will not be writing, you could find her serving in her native church because the pastor’s spouse, worship chief, and youth pastor. In the end, she wishes to empower ladies to stay a lifetime of victory, hope, and love. You’ll be able to join with Victoria at www.victoryspeaks.org and on social media at Victory Speaks by Victoria Riollano on Fb and @myvictoryspeaks on Instagram.

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