my eyes must dwell on their hostility.....
God has made me a byword to everyone,
~Job 17:2,6
In the movie Where the Wild Things Are, the main character, Max, goes to his imagined world because he is an outsider who is feeling lonely. Once he is in his world, he meets some monsters. The monsters soon pronounce Max as their king. Things start going wrong and when Max tries to clear things up, all the monsters get angry with him. They mock him and look upon him with hostility. Once again, Max is an outsider. (Everything works out in the end, though. =])
Job has become an outsider. After losing all his possessions, his social status, and his health, who would want to still hang around him? In a stranger's eyes, Job is nothing more than a beggar. He is mocked and looked upon with scorn. Luckily for Job, even if he doesn't realize it, he has three great friends sitting by him, mourning with him.
I have felt lonely many times, just as I'm sure everyone else has. Of course God is always with us, and of course I know I don't need to feel lonely. But sometimes the loneliness just creeps in. There really is only one satisfactory cure for loneliness: a friend. I don't know about you, but I definitely don't carry an insta-friend around in my back pocket. So when loneliness strikes, what am I to do? I can pray for God to send me a friend, but God's results aren't always immediate.
So maybe I can't cure my own loneliness, but I can cure other people's loneliness. When I see someone by themselves, I can go to them and be their friend. And who knows? Maybe next time I'm lonely that person will be the one to cure my loneliness.
Photo #17: Even the kings get lonely.
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