No man is an island. No man stands alone. Each man's joy is joy to me. Each man's grief is my own. We need one another, so I will defend each man as my brother, each man as my friend. Often during my learning from my Divine Tutor, I feel alone, forsaken, and fore lorn. Is that necessary?
Christ was totally alone when He was enduring Gethsemane. Joseph Smith was not alone, but felt alone shortly before he died. Brigham Young felt alone when crossing the plains knowing that he, alone would tell they saints where they were to settle. Each of us will go through periods of loneliness, feeling rejected and alone. Are there lessons there? What should we learn being alone?
Our Divine Teacher is really never very far away. If we feel alone and fighting the world, we need to believe that the feelings of being forsaken are for our good, and gain us experience.
As I have thought, pondered, and prayed about it, I must agree that the challenge of feeling alone has within that experience many lessons that the Master Tutor must teach each of us.
I remember the feelings of being totally alone on my mission, knowing that no one knew where I was, what I was doing, and wondering if anyone would care if I never came back. I remember being alone when I was totally lost. I remember many times where I felt that feeling of being alone.
However, there are angels among us. If we are feeling alone, would a loving Father ever really leave us along to battle the adversary alone. NO! Would we ever leave our child totally alone knowing that a "satan" was close and trying to destroy. NO! There are Eternal lessons to learn when feeling alone, lessons that are necessary to progress onward, but we must learn them first before being given the opportunity to progress further. No man is an island. He is there, always will be though we do not feel His presence. I promise!
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