In this world I think one of the saddest things is loneliness. I know sometimes even with people around me I feel lonely. If that makes any sense to you. sometimes I can be in the middle of a crowd and no one notices me or talks to me.
In fact this is how some churches are. They have many people in the church but they are not connected and someone new comes in and they end up sitting by themselves and no one talks to them. People are looking for some one to love them.
I love the Queen song "Somebody to Love" Here are the words.
Can anybody find me somebody to love?
Each morning I get up I die a little
Can barely stand on my feet
Take a look in the mirror and cry
Lord what youre doing to me
I have spent all my years in believing you
But I just cant get no relief,
Lord!
Somebody, somebody
Can anybody find me somebody to love?
I work hard every day of my life
I work till I ache my bones
At the end I take home my hard earned pay all on my own -
I get down on my knees
And I start to pray
Till the tears run down from my eyes
Lord - somebody - somebody
Can anybody find me - somebody to love?
(he works hard)
Everyday - I try and I try and I try -
But everybody wants to put me down
They say Im goin crazy
They say I got a lot of water in my brain
Got no common sense
I got nobody left to believe
Yeah - yeah yeah yeah
Oh lord
Somebody - somebody
Can anybody find me somebody to love?
Got no feel, I got no rhythm
I just keep losing my beat
Im ok, Im alright
Aint gonna face no defeat
I just gotta get out of this prison cell
Someday Im gonna be free, lord!
Find me somebody to love
Can anybody find me somebody to love?
It was used in a movie called Happy Feet. About a penguin that was different. He wanted to be loved.
In the book "Blue like Jazz" It says if loving people is a bit of heaven then certainly isolation is a bit of hell, and to that degree, here on earth we have to decide in which state we would like to live.
Loneliness is something that happens to us, but I think it is something that we can move ourselves out of. I think a person who is lonely should and can dig into community, give himself to a community, intiate community, teach people to care for each other, and love each other. Jesus does'nt want us flaoting through space or sitting front of a television. Jesus wants us interacting, eating together, laughing together, and praying together.
How are you going to live?
Who will you build community with?
Who will you pray and laugh with?
It is all Good.
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