AN EPIDEMIC OF LONELINESS
Practical Steps to Beat the Disease
ANTIDOTES TO LONELINESS:
Genesis 2:18
1. Spend less time on social media
2. Seek quality over quantity of friends
3. Read classic books of quality (look for good shows and music, too)
4. Cultivate your own interests
5. Practice kindness to strangers
6. Ask questions and listen more than you talk
8. Give to a charity
9. Attend church
10. Practice works of mercy
11. Pray…
Romans 8:29-39 (Insert your name where the personal pronouns are…)
Philippians 4
Matthew 28:19
“Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the age.”
God, I live in a real world surrounded by a virtual world.
Help me not to let the virtual world win. I want to be a real person, with a real friend or two, and real purpose.
Thanks for being WITH ME always.
I am going to practice chasing loneliness out the door.
Amen!
References:
Music: Author: Sara Groves | Album: Fireflies and Songs
Book: Known | Dick and Ruth Foth
