"If we had more friends, we'd feel validated."  

"Everyone has friends but me."

We wrote these two statements in a list of 14 statements the other day.  We were feeling lonely.  This BRAVE LOVE episode tells more of our story, and shares how we navigated and began to resolve our real feelings.

Loneliness is like a thunderstorm.  It feels dark and unsettling--and we can forget that others experience loneliness, too.  We're not the only ones who hear thunder.  There isn't anything uniquely wrong with us--because we're experiencing feelings of loneliness.

But loneliness often lies.  All 14 of the statements we wrote down when we were feeling lonely were lies--and, when we also wrote down the truth, the pain of our loneliness began to resolve.

How do you respond to your real feelings of loneliness?  How do your children respond?  Join us on this episode for a BRAVE LOVE conversation about struggling with loneliness.  We offer these TAKE AWAYS:

• Very real experiences offer us thoughts that are not true--about ourselves, about others, and about God.
• Loneliness is one of these experiences.  It's real, but offers us lies, not truth.  These experiences can bring dis-ease to our souls--and dis-ease to our bodies, if we don't reconcile our mind and will and emotions to the truth.
• Our part in relationship with God is always--trust and receive.  Our part is never to earn and deserve.  We are always the responder in our relationship with God.  He is a God of supply, not demand.  He supplies us with love and truth.

Follow this link to listen now--and thank you for subscribing on your favorite podcast provider.  

We mention these resources in this episode:

A free webinar called "How To Help Your Child Struggle Well"--available for a limited time on https://john15academy.com/webinarsignup

We're in Fredericksburg, TX for several months--in Freedom, our Airstream.  We'd love to sit at the table with you and hear your stories.  Check out the options for lodging near by. https://www.airbnb.com/a/Fredericksburg--Texas--United-States