Becky Harling joins us in our series of Stories of Loneliness with great perspective and practical advice on how to walk out of a season of being lonely. She’s full of wisdom on the topic because after “clarifying” season of cancer, God walked her through moving beyond elements causing her loneliness by dealing with the past. In this time of emotional and narrative healing she began to see that being busy doesn’t mean she isn’t lonely. That having a full schedule doesn’t mean you’re more important. She had to ask “what does God want from me?” And His answer involved loving like Jesus loved, which starts off with being present. She saw that we need to “cultivate listening in order to kill loneliness.” In a cultural time of being addicted to our phones we need to choose to connect with people! Even if those people don’t think like us, or think like we think or do how we do… we need to choose to not be offended. Sometimes it’s hard to push past this, but when we take some initiative and walk through some of the steps Becky shares with us from her book, we can make a difference in other people’s lives and watch the loneliness in our own lives melt away!
