How Solitude Can Heal Loneliness - John Ortberg
- Andy McIlvain
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How Solitude Can Heal Loneliness - John Ortberg
"What if the cure for loneliness isn't finding more people... but learning to be alone?
In this reflection on Psalm 139, John Ortberg explores one of the deepest realities of being human: our longing to be fully known and never abandoned.
Drawing on the wisdom of Dallas Willard, John explains why we spend so much energy avoiding solitude—and why silence may actually become the place where we discover God's loving presence most deeply.
This episode explores:
Psalm 139 and being fully known by God
The difference between aloneness and loneliness
Why we distract ourselves with constant noise
Dallas Willard's "strange cure for loneliness"
Romans 8 and God's inseparable love
How solitude leads to deeper community
Scriptures:
Psalm 139
Romans 8:35–39
Hebrews 13:5 " from the video introduction
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