Overcoming Loneliness in College a 9-Day Devotional by Cantice Greene and Joshua Greeneಮಾದರಿ

The Truth about Loneliness

Cantice says…

Loneliness doesn’t usually hit you at the very beginning of college because the honeymoon period keeps you busy for a while. Once the new experiences are over, you may start to feel the nagging pain of loneliness—the lack of what’s familiar and the aloneness of having no one who actually knows you—the real you.

Here’s the truth. You are not alone. If you’re a follower of Christ, then Christ made this promise to you, “Fear not, for I am with you. Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand (Isaiah 41:10). In case that was not enough, he says this phrase to believers in Matthew: “I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen” (28:20b). I picked out two of my favorite scriptures to reinforce this point, but the truth is, in the bible, God reminds us over and over that He is with us.

Having said that, being alone is a real thing, but in most cases, it’s not what God wants for you. Just look at Genesis 2:18 when God made man and said, “It is not good that man should be alone, I will make him a helper comparable to him.” Man could not fulfill his own need for companionship even though he was perfectly made by God. So God made him a companion, and you know the rest of the story. This idea of being alone is not just related to one sex (man) being incomplete without the other sex (female). Famously, in Ecclesiastes chapter four, the writer lays out the advantages of companionship—setting the stage with Ecclesiastes 4:8-10, a memorable passage of scripture:

“This is the case of a man who is all alone, without a child or a brother, yet who works hard to gain as much wealth as he can. But then he asks himself, ‘Who am I working for? Why am I giving up so much pleasure now? It is all so meaningless and depressing. Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble.”

You may be thinking, I’m not alone because I want to be. We get that. So, in the next few days, we will help you put yourself in a position to be discovered by others.

Meditate on this: Joshua 1:9, Haggai 1:13