God is the true friend of the lonely?

To answer your question, YES. I have felt all of those emotions. However, I will say that out of every experience in my life where I have felt, lonely, forgotten, depressed, etc...there has always been a reason for it. Most recently, I believed that I had been blessed with a friend that could only be THE BEST friend someone could ever have. This person was there for me at my most vulnerable moment. Not only did I believe that this person and I had strengthened our friendship through this experience; but I also catapulted this person to a level in my life, that I had not allowed anyone else to be. Needless to say....I was wrong! Less than a week after I believed I was out of the woods, this person made up an excuse to disappear out of my life in a most pathetic manner. The positive side about this experience is that I will NEVER catapult anyone to that level of trust again (with of couse the exception of my family and eventually my husband). Friends are just that.....friends. Dont read to much into the word. Friends will let you down and take advantage of your kindness and your unwavering capacity to love and accept them for who they really are. Be careful who you call "friend" The saying is true...."If you go through this entire life and can call 1 person a true friend, you are truly blessed!"

Of course God is the true friend of lonely. No one can make us happy when there is crisis. Believe in God. Read Bible everyday and you can feel difference.

Normally, when I am busy, I do not feel lonely. Lonliness creeps in only when I am sitting idle and doing nothing. You know 'an empty mind is a devil's workshop.' When I am quite alone and thinking the sometimes I start thinking about being lonely, because I think no one can understand me better than I. I can introspect myself and feel my thoughts. Others cannot come to know what is going on in my mind. Having more number of friends is no guarantee that I'll be happier. What is required is some genuine friends, with whom I could share my joys and sorrows and whom I could rely in my hour of need and vice versa.

I don't think of God as a person, so if lonely I get busy helping someone else, but with the internet how can anyone feel lonely?

Do you remember the story of Robinson Crusoe - the tale of a traveler ship wrecked on a desolate island? Actually I don't remember the story in detail as you do. Do you ever feel so forgotten and neglected that you could sit right down and cry? Why cry when there is so much to life for. It's like my Pastor said recently, "God would never leave you or forsake you, it doesn't matter what's going on in your personal life." Do you feel that your life could be happier if you could only have more friends? Most of my real true friends are busy with their own lives, and so the primary friend that I have is my wife. She's actually my BEST friend, someone who I can feel free to confide in about anything. We just celebrated our 9th year wedding anniversary, this past Thursday. We have 3 lovely, active and well behaved children, and we are indeed BLESSED. I don't feel I need more friends to be happier, and I've learned to not put my trust in people, and with that I don't come to expect anything from them. I am however, indeed grateful for the friends I do have, but I don't make a real big fuss about the entire situation. It keeps me SANE.

Hello my friend zandi458 Ji, Very nicely you have touched bottom of my heart and reminded me about those days, when I was about to commit blunder that I would not have been here to discuss. It was the feeling and remembering of Almighty to keep my life moving. We all remember Him in our distress. i do not know , if all of us remembr, when we are happy as well. So let us remember Him during those day as well. Whatevr happiness, we get, we get from His followin paths. We must remmeber Him every moments. may god bless you and have great time.

hi zandi..sure i remember him..i watch it in TV..it was shown here locally...is it really true? or just a story...and of course its only God who will be your true friend aside from your family who will help you and guide you always and gives us strength in the process when we are weak...

Though God is reckoned as your soul mate and best friend , He does not assist you at every juncture of difficulties.

Yes, God is our true friend. We may, at times, forget Him but He never forgets us. In whatever situation we are, wherever we are, He watches us and comes to our rescue in the hour of need. The sad thing is that for our successes we give credit to ourselves, and for our grief we blame God. But He still looks after us. Under no circumstances, we should loose faith in God.

no, i don't rver feel that way at all. any new friends i make are a blessing of course but i'm very fortunate to have a good friends,

I can't say I have ever felt really lonely as I am the type of person who usually appreciates her own company; I have always been like that since I can remember. Having said that I am not yet at the stage of life where old friends have passed and children moved on. I have felt hurt, betrayed, misunderstood and isolated though; even in a crowded place those feelings can be overwhelming. I have few close friends now and I do not feel I need more although I am always open to meeting new kindred spirits.

you are right that god is always with us but when we are lonely we have only god remain with us which help us a lot to keep us feel with someone but most important fact is we have to die alone by this fact every one feel insecure about the fact of lonelyness

I believed in you zandi,Though i am lucky that i have many friends both onlines and offlines but still i agree with you that God is our true friend and if we sincerely talk to Him, He is ready to listen.

if we feel lonely ,we will get thought of god more in our life. if we engage in other things,and have more friends in our life,we don;t feel lonely. and so try to get more friends in our life. god is friend to us and we should have other friends in our life ,then only our life goes. i sometimes feel lonely and some times i cry also ,but after sometime i only realise that the life is not lonely and we should adjsut with other people in our life and don;t feel that how good they are.

yup I watch the series every week . yup they have made a new one. Pretty good too. But no I havent ever been that lonly. I have a phone and if I get down my freinds are just a phone call away .

Thank you for this discussion, zandi458. I needed to read it and some of the responses to it. I am unable to respond myself, at the moment. But thanks.

yes, i felt like that few times before, when i was younger zandi..i used to regret my coldness, coz i was and maybe i am til now. but not again now, since i realized, although i dont seem to have a lot of friends but i know i have, i just cant keep in touch with them all the time coz of too many activities. i met lotz of people, some of them are liking me and some not. but i have da best mates ever in my life now, and they are enough for me than having a 1000 of "just" friends..and i also have my family that i can always taking care of them, i live with them, i work in the same city with them, i taking care of my nephews and sisters, what can i ask for more ? having more friends doesnt mean much, if that friends are not taking us as a true friends and needing us in goodness n badness..but having just 1 true friendship is much-much more than 1000 "just" friendship around us..

God is everywhere in everytime. He will be in our side when we are happy n sadness

Hi, I believe that God is like a true friend to us. Not just in lonely times but all times. That our lapses sometimes..we only remember god during our down times. Try remembering and thanking god in your up times...and see how he gives more and never lets you down..GOD BLESS US ALL.

Hi, No I donot feel thatway.I realised that TRUE Friends are very Rare.God,Book and Pets possibly will stand-by ur hard days.They will never Quit U, so called Friends will Vanish soon. =Lahiri,Kolkata,India.