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b'Abeo sat alone in his room. He heard laughing and talking coming from downstairs.\\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Are they singing?\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d He laid back on his bed.\\nHe\\u2019d told everyone that he wanted to be alone. He really wished that they would miss him down there, though. There was part of him that hoped someone would come up by him and insist that he join them.\\nThe night went on and no one came to get him. None of his family\\u2019s guests came up to tell him goodbye before they left. Abeo stretched out on his bed, tears welling in his eyes. He was lonely when he was with people, but even lonelier when he was alone in his room. All he wanted was to be loved and to know that he was accepted.\\nReading in Psalms the next day, Abeo could understand the pain of the psalmist and how he felt alone in the world. As the psalmist cried out to God, Abeo cried out right along with him. He wanted to feel God\\u2019s presence. And then, Abeo started to feel that God was there with him. He started to feel God\\u2019s love and compassion. Sitting by himself in his room, suddenly Abeo knew that he wasn\\u2019t alone. \\u2022 Emily Acker\\n\\u2022 Do you ever feel alone, even when others are around? In times of loneliness, God invites you to come to Him. \\n\\u2022 God created us to be in relationship with Him and with each other. But when humans went their own way against God, our relationship with Him was broken. Because we live in a world that\\u2019s been broken by sin, we all experience loneliness and have difficulty navigating relationships. Yet God doesn\\u2019t leave us alone. He came for us. He took on flesh to dwell among us. Jesus is Immanuel, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153God with us\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d (Matthew 1:23). Through His death and resurrection, Jesus has made a way for us to be restored to relationship with God. If you\\u2019ve put your trust in Jesus, you can know that you are loved and accepted by the One who Created you\\u2014and you are part of His family, the church! God calls His people to love and accept each other (Romans 15:7; 1 Peter 1:22). How might God be giving you opportunities to reach out to others who are lonely?\\nAll my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you. Psalm 38:9 (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nRom.8.18-Rom.8.30|Rev.21.1-Rev.21.7'