Are You Connected?

No matter if you're a mid-life single, an empty nester, a college student, or a Senior citizen living alone, all Americans have a shrinking circle of close friends as opposed to a generation ago. The challenges to connectedness are many: TV, computers, video games, ipods, text messaging, cell phones, email, face book, all play a part in not having to interact face-to-face with other human beings.

Sociologists say we may be losing the ability to build relationships and have a close circle of intimate friends. God made us to connect with one another relationally. It's called the art of connecting or fellowship. One of the benefits of fellowship is it helps us to develop a healthy self-esteem. Another is it helps us battle loneliness. No one I've ever known likes to be lonely.
From the very beginning God said it was not good for man to be alone, so He created Eve so that
Adam would not be alone. Ephesians 2:19(LB) says, "You are members of God's very own family, citizens of God's country, and you belong in God's household with every other Christian."

My hope is that if you are feeling lonely or disconnected you will find a place where you belong.