I just came across a passage from a book I'm reading that discusses dealing with the fear of being alone. I thought I would share it with you, but if you haven't read my previous entry "Wolf Like Me" go back and read that first then take a look at this.
Thanks.
The good news is that it doesn't have to be this way. As a matter of fact, our relationships can be
much deeper, more meaningful, and even enjoyable with both God and others. But we have some work to do.
First, nurturing healthy relationships requires us to keep facing our fears. It's normal to be
afraid; we all are. But we must not allow our fears to keep us from enjoying what's beyond them, namely the deeper connections we desire with God and others.
Second, we must look for ways to get past the superficial levels in which most of our relationships
get stuck. This involves taking more time with others, becoming more honest and real with them, holding back less.
-Chris Mitchell; Co-author of A Place for Skeptics
As long as we face our fears every day, our natural feeling of being alone will become easier to cope with. This is only one step of the process, considering eventually you'll have to let people in. Just saying that you trust in God and feel a closeness to him, does not mean that you do.
We all crave to feel and be a part of something, and yes you can find that with God, but true community happens with a fellowship of people as well. I don't think that God wants you to be alone, and I find it hard to believe that he would want you to only have a relationship with him.
If it were that why, why didn't he just stop with creating Adam?
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