Genesis 2:18 (NKJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018And the Lord God said, \u201cIt is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.\u201d \u2018<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Being alone is not good for Man. We are social beings and we need people around us. Being alone and being lonely are not the same. Being alone is needful to reflect and to ponder the issues of life. Being lonely means that even after the moments of reflection are over and we desire companionship, we do not have the right types of companions. Being lonely means we desire friends and close associates but live in the agony of not having. Loneliness is a scourge to our society and many enter into wrong \u2018social circles\u2019 out of the frustration of loneliness. Pubs, clubs, drugs, pornographic sites, excessive and addictive eating are a few results of our lonesome existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many also don\u2019t enter their full potential because they don\u2019t have the right type of help. We all need help but there is a help that is from God and a help that is from Man. The help from God is \u2018free and suitable\u2019, comparable and adequate. On the other hand, the help from Man is tied with strings and lead to depletion at the end of the day. Let\u2019s seek the help that comes from Above because such help always brings addition and benefit to our lives; it serves as a blessing from God that \u2018makes rich and adds no sorrow\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Make time to be alone for reflection and meditation, but don\u2019t stop there, seek and keep companionships that are healthy and edifying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018Thank you, Lord, for you have not created me as a lonely being but a social being. Lead me into the social networks that will add value to my life and build me up in the right ways. And may you provide me with the suitable helper needful for my every challenge and experience. Amen.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Genesis 2:18 (NKJV) \u2018And the Lord God said, \u201cIt is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.\u201d \u2018 Being alone is not good for Man. We are social beings and we need people around us. Being alone and being lonely are not the same. Being alone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-reflections-from-genesis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Reflections-from-Genesis.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4772,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4770\/revisions\/4772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}