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NEVER REALLY ALONE Here’s the thing about feeling alone…feelings lie. Regularly! I’m not saying that every feeling is inaccurate, but the way we feel about something is not always the way it really is. Remember when you were a little kid and you felt afraid because it seemed like there was a monster under your bed? Your feeling was real…but it was a lie. It wasn’t based on truth. In the same way, just because we feel lonely, doesn’t mean we are actually alone. Sure, you might be cut off from your friends right now, or that really important relationship just ended for some reason…those are all real things. But, even when we feel alone, God promises us that we are never actually alone. So, while the pain or sadness you may feel because of this loneliness is very real and it is perfectly valid, don’t let those feelings convince you that God has left you all alone or that no one cares about you. Nothing could be further from the truth! God promises that he will never leave us! Even Jesus, when facing his own arrest and crucifixion, knew that his disciples were going to abandon him, but he stayed confident knowing that God would never abandon him. He even went on in the following verse to comfort us, promising that though we’ll experience trouble, he is with us and is bigger, stronger, and more powerful than any issue we’ll ever face. I promise, we’ll talk more in this plan about addressing your real need for human interaction, but we can’t just go running to that for all our relational needs. We must start with God as the foundation, knowing that no matter what the world or people around us may do, we are never alone because God is always with us.