Building relationships with other people is the solution to loneliness.

I am glad to read that in the Maxim Institute Column called “Getting serious about loneliness,” in our local paper today. (The Northland Age, Tuesday, July 24, 2018)

Also young New Zealanders are lonely!

And what a surprise it is for me to read in the column that Britain has the first Minister for Loneliness in the world.

I can hardly believe it! And the author of the column is wondering how the British Minister for Loneliness will deal with one problem, namely with the problem that the government cannot love people.

Apparently the Minister is encouraging awareness of the problem of loneliness and is providing infrastructure to reduce the problem.

“An assay by the former US Surgeon General claims loneliness in the US has reached ‘epidemic levels,'” it says also in the column.

I am also told in the same column that loneliness can be bad for our physical health. Researchers say that. I have no problem agreeing with that.

The solution to loneliness is not only the relationship with other people, but first and foremost the relationship with our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ! And the Lord Jesus Christ loves us.

Please read John 3:16 in the Bible. There it says:

“‘FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONE AND ONLY SON, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHALL NOT PERISH BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.'”

Please read also the following verses.