A Prayer About Loneliness

A prayer about Loneliness - Needing relationships

GRACIOUS GOD,

I know that you are my “all in all” and that I am never alone because you are always with me. Yet still I’m lonely, Father. Sometimes I feel far from my family and closest friends, as though I have been deserted. Changes are inevitable, of course, and people lose touch for a variety of reasons. But this latest drought has really gotten to me. Yes, I can call, text, e-mail, and Skype, but that’s not the same as talking face-to-face. And hugging can’t happen from a distance. So I feel alone, and facing another day seems suddenly challenging. Remembering how you brought new friends onto my path before gives me hope. So I pray that you will do that again, even today. Please lead me to potential new friends—at church, in the neighborhood, or wherever you want. And help me to be the kind of person to whom people are attracted—not clingy or taking but open and giving. Okay, I think I’m ready to face this day with the eager expectation of finding a new friend.

Father to the fatherless, defender of widows—this is God, whose dwelling is holy. God places the lonely in families; he sets the prisoners free and gives them joy. Psalm 68:5-6