Plenty People Getting Sick From Being Lonely—Wetin the Bible Say

The report they got from around the world recentlya say that one out of four person can feel lonely.

• Chido Mpemba, cochairman of the World Health Organization’s Commission on Social Connection say, “Anybody can be lonely whether you young, old or no matter where you coming from.”

Plenty people can think that, that only older people, or people who living by their self can feel lonely. But that one not true. Because young people, people who get good health, successful people, and even marry people can be lonely too. Staying all by yourself and being lonely can cause serious problem for your physical and emotional health.

• U.S general surgeon Dr. Vivek Murthy say: “Loneliness more than just feeling bad.” He explain that: “People can die from being all by their self, the same way somebody can die from smoking 15 cigarettes in one day.”

Wetin the Bible say

Our Creator not want us to be all by our self. God’s always want us to enjoy good friendship.

• Bible advice: “God say: ‘It not good for the man to continue by himself.’ ”—Genesis 2:18.

God want us to work hard to be his friend. He promise to draw close to us when we try our best to draw close to him.—James 4:8.

•  Bible advice: “Happy are those conscious of their spiritual need, since the Kingdom of the heavens belongs to them.”—Matthew 5:3.

God wants us to worship him together with our brother and sister them. When we do it, it can make us happy.

• Bible advice: “Let us consider one another so as to incite to love and fine works, not forsaking our meeting together, . . . but encouraging one another.”—Hebrews 10:24, 25.

To learn more on how we can overcome loneliness, read the article “Loneliness in a World of Mass Connection.”