Alone

Why does this state of being scare people so? Now you may say, “Being alone does not seam so scary, in fact I like my “me” time where I am all by myself.” Ok then, let me prove my point. Why is solitary confinement considered a punishment? Why do we find it necessary to write comforting songs and poetry about not being along? Death often scares us because you will make the transition to the after life alone, no one comes with you as a traveling buddy. Why do we when someone close to us dies find it comforting to surround ourselves with loves ones, we become afraid of losing more people we care about, now we are afraid of being left alone in life; and during this time a hug is one of the most comforting things anyone can do for you. Why do we when we are home alone turn on the radio, TV, or talk to the cat? Why do we get home sick when on a trip or vacation? Why do you use the word “alone” to describe ourselves when we are going through hard times in our lives? For that matter why to animals get “separation anxiety” when they are left alone, they chew on the couch, scratch the walls, pace and call nervously for hours at a time, they shake and tremble as they franticly search for “someone else” to keep them company? Why does being “alone” scare us and every other living thing on this earth so much?
The word even leaves an echoing sound in our head when we say it, “Alone.” After something dies and we are left alone the words, “This just feels wrong.“ seam to surface, and it does, their absence does not seam right, it just feels “wrong”. Could this feeling be telling us that we were designed not to be alone, but to be together with someone, forever?
It is.
When God created man, He designed man to be with God, He walked with man, talked with man just like we do with each other today. But then something terrible happened, man sinned. Because of God's holiness He can not look at sin, this separated man from God for the rest of history; leaving us, alone. But God does not like being alone either, that is why He made us in the first place, for His pleasure. Have you ever noticed these phrases like this in well known verses? Psalm 23 “He restores my soul: He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name sake.” (emphases added) Why does He lead us in the paths of righteousness? So we can have fun? No! For His own names sake, not ours. And because God knows we don’t want to be alone either, he has made it possible for neither Him nor you to ever be alone again, salvation. We can now invite the God of the universe to come and live inside you, forever, and you will never ever again be alone. Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay the penalty for your sin, taking it away forever, all you have to do is except his payment, its that easy.
Now take a look at what God has planned for the future.

Revelations 21:3&4 “And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all the tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former thins are passed away”

Today, the hunting feeling of being “alone” is an effect of the fall of man, every time we feel stranded we are reminded of our separated state; but God intends to set things straight after his return, back to the way it was meant to be, NOT alone.