Series Journey: Nothing New Under the Sun - Loneliness in a Crowded World

 

Scripture: Isaiah 41:10, Matthew 28:20

Theme: God’s Nearness in Isolation

There was a time in my life when I was surrounded by people—family, familiar faces, and voices—but I felt completely alone. I was young. I was pregnant, not by my own choice. And even though people were around, it felt like I was drowning in silence. My heart hurt in ways I didn’t know how to speak out loud.

The turning point came after I gave the baby up for adoption. That moment broke me in ways I still remember clearly. I held my baby, and when his adoptive mother handed him to me, then took him out of my arms, that shattered my world.

I was at the bottom. Alone. Broken.

But in that moment, I prayed. It was silent, desperate, but real. And though God didn’t instantly take away my pain like I believed He could, He did something greater—He stayed with me. He taught me how to trust Him in one of the hardest places of my life.

Isaiah 41:10 says:
"Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."

That verse became real to me. He was with me through it all. Something that could have killed me… didn’t. I wasn’t as alone as I thought.

Jesus said in Matthew 28:20:
“And, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”

We spend so much time searching for someone who won’t leave us, who won’t hurt us, who won’t let us down. But we overlook the only One who has promised to be with us forever—the One who cannot lie, the One who has already proven His love for us through the cross.

I won’t pretend I followed God perfectly from that point on. The Bible says in Romans 3:23:
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;"
—But I thank Him for His mercy and His grace.

Loneliness tried to tell me I wasn’t good enough for anything or anyone. That if I really mattered, I wouldn’t feel so forgotten. But the truth is, I was never forgotten. I was never invisible to God.

If you're reading this and feeling unseen, please hear me: Our Lord cannot lie. He’s not like us. He doesn’t fail. The devil wants you to believe that God is distant or untrustworthy, but that’s a lie. Satan attacks the one thing that reveals God's heart for us: His Word.

The King James Bible is the greatest love story ever written. That’s why the enemy works so hard to discredit it—because it points to the truth, to hope, to peace, to justice, to consequences, and to eternal love.

It teaches us the very things we long for—what good parents try to teach their children. The only difference is this: God doesn’t mess up. We do.

But He’s still there.

Still near.

Still holding out His hand.