Loneliness has been a pandemic ever since COVID-19 shut down our country in 2020, and many haven’t come close to recovering from the mental consequences related to the shutdowns and quarantines.
Many are struggling. But the good news is that there is hope for all circumstances. We are not alone in our brokenness. We have God — who alone can put us back together again — but we also have community, which He created for a reason.
This truth is evident in the newest White Chair Film from I Am Second, e3’s digital media ministry. The film tells the story of DJ Hernandez, a college student at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, CA, who now serves as a Strategy Coordinator with e3.
DJ struggled with loneliness, even though he was a believer and was surrounded by “friends.” But these “friends” were not a Christ-centered community and were not pointing him toward Christ, so he found himself instead wanting to end his life rather than continue in isolation. But his story doesn’t end there.
Like DJ, many of us have felt intense loneliness in our lives, even when we’ve been surrounded by people. This goes to show that whether you’re on a college campus, at home, with family, or even with other believers at church, it’s easy to feel isolated and like no one cares.
But God is always there, whether you feel His presence or not.
He’s just waiting for you to turn to Him.
This is the message more and more of us need to hear, and DJ’s story is an excellent example of how God uses our pain for a purpose and uses biblical community to draw us back to Him. Watch DJ’s story below and be encouraged by how God took him from living a life in isolation to living a life serving Him as a Strategy Coordinator:
