2.2- What to do when you feel lonely?

2.2-

What to do when you feel lonely?


Call someone who needs encouragement and support and reach out to them.

Write a thank you note to someone who has done something helpful for you.

Write a surprise text to a friend letting them know what fun you had with them the last time you were together.

Sit in a chair and meditate on the blessings you have in your life.  Your health.  Your mental awareness.  Your ability to get up and move about.

Remember you are not alone and God understands.


Psalm 22.

22 My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
^[b]Far from my deliverance are the words of my ^[c]groaning.
² O my God, I cry by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but ^[d]I have no rest.
³ Yet You are holy,
O You who ^[e]are enthroned upon the praises of Israel.
⁴ In You our fathers trusted;
They trusted and You delivered them.
⁵ To You they cried out and were delivered;
In You they trusted and were not ^[f]disappointed.

⁶ But I am a worm and not a man,
A reproach of men and despised by the people.
⁷ All who see me ^[g]sneer at me;
They ^[h]separate with the lip, they wag the head, saying,
⁸ “^[i]Commit yourself to the Lord; let Him deliver him;
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”

⁹ Yet You are He who brought me forth from the womb;
You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.
¹⁰ Upon You I was cast from ^[j]birth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

¹¹ Be not far from me, for ^[k]trouble is near;
For there is none to help.
¹² Many bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
¹³ They open wide their mouth at me,
As a ravening and a roaring lion.
¹⁴ I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint;
My heart is like wax;
It is melted within ^[l]me.
¹⁵ My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
And my tongue cleaves to my jaws;
And You lay me ^[m]in the dust of death.
¹⁶ For dogs have surrounded me;
^[n]A band of evildoers has encompassed me;
^[o]They pierced my hands and my feet.
¹⁷ I can count all my bones.
They look, they stare at me;
¹⁸ They divide my garments among them,
And for my clothing they cast lots.

¹⁹ But You, O Lord, be not far off;
O You my help, hasten to my assistance.
²⁰ Deliver my ^[p]soul from the sword,
My only life from the ^[q]power of the dog.
²¹ Save me from the lion’s mouth;
From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.

²² I will tell of Your name to my brethren;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
²³ You who fear the Lord, praise Him;
All you ^[r]descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,
And stand in awe of Him, all you ^[s]descendants of Israel.
²⁴ For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.

²⁵ From You comes my praise in the great assembly;
I shall pay my vows before those who fear Him.
²⁶ The ^[t]afflicted will eat and be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will praise the Lord.
Let your heart live forever!
²⁷ All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the families of the nations will worship before ^[u]You.
²⁸ For the kingdom is the Lord’s
And He rules over the nations.
²⁹ All the ^[v]prosperous of the earth will eat and worship,
All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him,
Even he who ^[w]cannot keep his soul alive.
^30 [x]Posterity will serve Him;
It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation.
³¹ They will come and will declare His righteousness
To a people who will be born, that He has performed it.

Matthew 27.

³³ And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull, ³⁴ they gave Him wine to drink mixed with gall; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink.
³⁵ And when they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments among themselves by casting ^[ap]lots. ³⁶ And sitting down, they began to keep watch over Him there. ³⁷ And above His head they put up the charge against Him ^[aq]which read, “THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
³⁸ At that time two robbers *were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left. ³⁹ And those passing by were ^[ar]hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads ⁴⁰ and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.” ⁴¹ In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying, ⁴² “He saved others; ^[as]He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him. ⁴³ He trusts in God; let God rescue Him now, if He ^[at]delights in Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” ⁴⁴ The robbers who had been crucified with Him were also insulting Him with the same words.
⁴⁵ Now from the ^[au]sixth hour darkness ^[av]fell upon all the land until the ^[aw]ninth hour. ⁴⁶ About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”