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Genesis 2:18\u00a0 \u00a0 The LORD God said, \u201cIt is not good for the man to be alone.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n\nEcclesiastes 4:9-12<\/span>\u00a0 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.\u00a0 \u00a0For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!\u00a0 \u00a0Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him\u2014a threefold cord is not quickly broken.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
Imagine you\u2019ve been asked to participate in an experiment. You and the other participants are to stand in a circle and toss a ball back and forth. You\u2019re instructed to make sure everyone has an opportunity to catch and throw the ball. What you don\u2019t know is that everyone else has been instructed never to allow you to have the ball. So as everybody is laughing and tossing the ball, you reach for it, but it never comes your way. How would you feel? Would you continue to ask for the ball, or would you eventually withdraw from the others? \u00a0 Perhaps this experiment sounds uncomfortably similar to your life. No matter how often you reach out, the ball never seems to be thrown to you. Maybe you feel distant from your family, and your attempts to bridge the gap are not reciprocated. Maybe you feel isolated because of your daily responsibilities or because of a difficulty you\u2019re going through. Maybe you miss the companionship of somebody who left you or passed away. \u00a0 Though almost everybody deals with loneliness, nobody wants to talk about it. But we have to conquer the mountain of loneliness if we want to experience the blessed life God has for us. The fact is, you and I were created for companionship. After creating Adam, God said, \u201cIt is not good for the man to be alone\u201d (Genesis 2:18). Was Adam really alone in the garden of Eden? No, he had a relationship with God that wasn\u2019t tainted by sin, and he had a whole zoo of animal companions. But God said that wasn\u2019t enough. \u00a0 Companionship isn\u2019t a luxury; it is essential for our spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being. Even secular science agrees. A recent advisory from the US surgeon general reported that social isolation is associated with an increased risk of disease, anxiety, depression, and dementia. The advisory also made this amazing statement: \u201cLacking social connection can increase the risk for premature death as much as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day.\u201d \u00a0 God created us for companionship, and being deprived of that companionship is like being deprived of oxygen. We need other people.\u00a0 (Dr. Jeremiah)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Genesis 2:18\u00a0 \u00a0 The LORD God said, \u201cIt is not good for the man to be alone.\u201d Ecclesiastes 4:9-12\u00a0 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.\u00a0 \u00a0For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and … Continue reading “72.v. Genesis 2:18”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200332"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200335,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200332\/revisions\/200335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}