双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：10月16日 孤独感

10月16日

孤独感

我的心肠，我的肉体向永生神呼吁。

——诗84:2

孤独感是当今人们面临的最严重的问题之一，它是导致自杀的主要原因，目前在美国是学生的第三大杀手。人们的孤独感来自各个方面，最常见的是独处时的孤单感，或者患难时的孤独感。在社会中很多人都经历过孤独感，痛苦、内疚和批评都会伴随着孤独感。

有时候我们会感到缺少与神同在的孤独，有人称之为宇宙孤独。我们不知道到底是什么使我们焦躁不安。你知道，人是为神而造，没有神，人就是孤独的。而耶稣敲响我们的心门，说：“请打开心门，让我来到你心里。”他不会强迫进入我们的内心，我们必须打开心门，邀请祂进入。当我们打开心门的时候，祂就永远住在我们心里，我们便不再孤单。

今日祷告

主耶稣，我不会忘记没有你同在的日子我是多么地痛苦无助。愿你把我带到孤单的人群中，他们也需要经历你同在的喜乐。奉主耶稣基督的圣名，阿们！

Loneliness

My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

—Psalm 84:2

Loneliness is one of the greatest problems people face today. It is a leading cause of suicide-that is now the third greatest killer of students in the United States. People feel various kinds of loneliness. One of the most common is the loneliness of solitude. Or there is the loneliness of suffering. Many people experience loneliness in society, or there is the loneliness of sorrow, guilt, and judgment.

All of us feel at times a loneliness for God. Someone has called it cosmic loneliness. We don’t know what it is. It makes us restless. You see, man was made for God; and without God, he is lonely. But Jesus is knocking at the door of our heart, saying, “I want to come in. Let me in.” He doesn’t push His way through that door. We have to open it and invite Him in; when we do, He comes in to live forever and we are never lonely again.

Prayer for the day
Lord Jesus, I remember the agony of my days without You. Lead me to the lonely people who need to experience the joy of Your companionship, too.