Loneliness

Everywhere I look, I seem to see lonely people.  From China to Spain, Atlanta to Tifton, from Restaurants to even churches, it seems that there's an inherent loneliness in all of us.  There's even times where one can be in a room full of people and still feel lonely or all alone.  I've even heard stories where couples feel lonely as well.  

I've been really pondering why this is the case in the life of all humanity and really think that the answer is straight forward and honest.  This loneliness came into the world thousands of years ago when one man and one woman decided to eat from the only tree in a certain garden that they were not to eat from.  This loneliness started when two people decided to do things their own way instead of the way that God intended for us.  In a sense, the loneliness we feel at times is because of the human condition that each of us have.  It serves as a reminder that there's only one person that can feel that void in our lives.  God is the only person that can feel that void in our lives and a relationship with Him is the only thing that can make us whole... truly whole.  He's the only thing that makes our lives rich, deep, hopeful and peaceful in the midst of a broken world full of wars, genocide, hunger, conflict and desolation.

I'm learning that the loneliness feeling will never go away.  It will show up from time to time in my life and I'm certain that it will show up in married life as well as in a life of singleness.  The difference is that I know now that God is the only person that fills that void in my life.  Why do you think there's a loneliness in the world?