{"id":2765,"date":"2017-11-14T16:29:42","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T08:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/decibel.one\/staging\/?p=2765"},"modified":"2019-07-15T17:18:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T09:18:54","slug":"the-unlikely-cure-for-loneliness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/decibel.one\/the-unlikely-cure-for-loneliness\/","title":{"rendered":"The unlikely cure for loneliness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" image_height=\"1121\" image_id=\"550\" title=\"website\" src=\"https:\/\/decibel.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/website.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-550\"\/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-one-fifth fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:20%;width:calc(20% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.2 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-three-fifth\" style=\"width:60%;width:calc(60% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.6 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:16px;\"><h3 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">The unlikely cure for loneliness<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 caption2\"><p><strong>Sarah G | 3 min read<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#d1d1d1;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>In her <a href=\"http:\/\/psychcentral.com\/blog\/archives\/2016\/03\/12\/loneliness-has-an-antidote-and-youll-never-guess-what-it-is\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a>, \u201cLoneliness has an antidote and you\u2019ll never guess what it is,\u201d relationship coach and author Kira Asatryan informs us that the pain of loneliness comes from a lack of closeness in our relationships. And what\u2019s closeness? First, being seen for the real you, and second, still being deeply cared for.<\/p>\n<p>Asatryan concludes by saying that this closeness can be deliberately created with anyone who, like you, also wants to feel it.<\/p>\n<h2>Technology\u2014today\u2019s band-aid for loneliness<\/h2>\n<p>Sadly, the desire to feel such closeness doesn\u2019t necessarily translate into knowing how to cultivate it, or having the patience to, seeing how technology has given us quick-fix substitutes for human connection. A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.campaigntoendloneliness.org\/loneliness-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">survey<\/a> conducted in the United Kingdom two years ago revealed a heartbreaking statistic: 3.9 million people said that the television was their main company.<\/p>\n<p>Technology has also made us feel so self-sufficient. Don\u2019t know something? Google it. Want to watch a movie? Now, you can do it right in your own bedroom, on your laptop. There\u2019s no need to go to a cinema. Music, previously enjoyed communally, can now be a \u201cpersonal headphones experience\u201d, as this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/unsocial-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> points out.<\/p>\n<p>However, the truth is that technology can give us everything but human relationships. In fact, research has shown that much cruelty and harshness online stems from the testiness one feels as a result of isolation and depression.<\/p>\n<h2>You\u2019ve got a 24\/7 friend<\/h2>\n<p>I have good news, though: You\u2019re not really alone, even when you think you are. (This might be starting to sound creepy, but do stick around\u2014I promise it\u2019s worth it).<\/p>\n<p>Know how children have imaginary friends whom only they can see? Maybe you had one too. My friend, I\u2019m here to tell you that you have an invisible best friend today\u2014only that He\u2019s very real, and He will never leave you nor forsake you (see Heb. 13:5).<\/p>\n<p>His name is Jesus. Think Baymax in Big Hero 6, just infinitely more powerful\u2014for He holds all things in this universe together. Best of all, He knows everything about you, but also loves you more than any other.<\/p>\n<p>As author Timothy Keller once wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTo be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. <strong>But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.<\/strong> It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Let us prove this to you with a story.<\/p>\n<h2>God knows you best, and loves you most<\/h2>\n<p>Once, there was a woman who had had five husbands, and who was living with a man whom she wasn\u2019t wedded to. Conscious she was shunned by society, she chose to draw water from the well in the scorching noonday heat\u2014to escape the disapproval and gossip of the other women, who would typically come in the cool of the morning. (You can read her story in John 4:1\u201342).<\/p>\n<p>Guess what, though? Jesus deliberately went to meet her personally. He knew all about her\u2014every secret, every mistake, every pain. Yet He still loved her deeply, and cared enough to make sure she knew it.<\/p>\n<p>The Bible records His words to her in John 4:17\u201318\u2014\u201c<strong>You have well said<\/strong>, \u2018I have no husband,\u2019 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; <strong>in that you spoke truly<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He wasn\u2019t repelled by her. Not one bit.<\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s some trivia: If you look up the Greek word for \u201cwell\u201d (the verse was originally written in Greek), you\u2019ll see that it\u2019s the word <em>kal\u014ds<\/em>, which can also mean \u201cbeautifully,\u201d \u201cexcellently,\u201d or \u201ccommendably.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Take a moment to let that sink in. Can you imagine anyone taking such care to affirm a woman\u2019s honest confession of deeds which reeked of shame?<\/p>\n<p>In one sentence, God showed her what closeness looked like. He knew all about her, and still cared deeply for her, thereby banishing all loneliness from her heart. You might be wondering what happened next. She went back to the city of people she had feared before, sought them out and said to them: \u201cCome, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?\u201d (John 4:29). As a result, many people in that city came to believe in Jesus.<\/p>\n<h2>Get personal with Jesus<\/h2>\n<p>Because He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, the cure for your lonely heart today is still to have a personal encounter with Him, like that woman did. To know, beyond a shadow of any doubt, that <a href=\"https:\/\/decibel.one\/the-love-that-never-lets-you-go\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jesus knows everything about you and still loves you where you&#8217;re at.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jesus is in the stories of the Bible, in that worship song, in that audio sermon, and also in the seeming bleakness of your situation. If there is anyone who desires closeness with you, it\u2019s Him\u2014He bled and died for you on the cross just to be with you (check out Col 1:20).<\/p>\n<p>And having experienced closeness with Jesus, you, like the woman can then lead someone else to enjoy the same, and set in motion the ripple effect of the unlikely cure for this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/health-and-families\/features\/the-loneliness-epidemic-more-connected-than-ever-but-feeling-more-alone-10143206.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">condition<\/a> of our generation.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#d1d1d1;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>Watch our 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