feeling lonely?

"For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don’t belong to darkness and night." 1 Thessalonians 5:5

Have you ever wondered why you feel so alone at night? You had a great day, surrounded by good friends...so why is it you feel lonely now in your room? It's because God has made us all children of the day. During the day, the sun's warmth touches our skin and we can actually FEEL it...it's almost a form of comfort when God cannot physically touch you.

At night however, it gets colder and since we've been getting our comfort the whole day with the warmth of the sun and being busy...there's a sense of emptiness, because the warmth is gone, you're done with work and there's no one around to hold you.

That is why God created this awesome hormone in our bodies called "Melatonin." Well, this hormone detects darkness and releases other hormones to make us sleepy, which is why we naturally sleep at night.

Notice at night we sometimes replace loneliness with artificial light or "warmth" with a TV, laptop/computer, video games, etc...we confuse our bodies and therefore we don't get the sleep we need--waking up late, missing out on being a child of the day.

This also applies with going out--especially in Las Vegas..I used to go out with my friends and come home around 5-6am! BAAAD idea. I was waking up at 4pm, exhausted feeling unfulfilled and only to exist during the cold of the night. Yes, we can go out and have fun...but what are your motives? Do you search for comfort only to hang out with other lonely people? Do you go out to find a temporary comfort such as alcohol/drugs/sex/gambling/pornography? Notice the desire for those things are at their highest at night...these comforts are lies and can truly hurt you, if not--already hurting you. A lion hunts its prey at night--when they are most vulnerable. Do not allow the devil to attack your mind during these times and fill your head with uncontrollable thoughts. You are a child of the Almighty God--He will always be there for you. Read his word/pray talk to him again, He will comfort, heal you, and set you free right where you are. Receive your freedom, be of the light.

2 Peter 2:20 says, "For you are a slave to whatever controls you."