We all have a fear of being alone. We worry that people won't like us at the end of the day. We worry that we won't be accepted. We worry that we aren't good enough.

It feels the worst when you are left alone with your only yourself to talk to. You think through these long, drawn out thoughts that eventually only do more harm than good.

See the thing is, you can be your own worst enemy sometimes. Sometimes, the reason you think people don't like you is because you don't like yourself. You might not be satisfied with who you are and what you bring to the table each and every day. Think about it... It doesn't happen very often where people come up to you and straight up tell you to your face that they don't like you. If no one has done that to you yet, then where are those thoughts and phrases coming from? Someone had to think them at some point, and that's you.

So I guess the question is, why don't you like yourself? Why aren't you happy and content with who you are?

If you figure out what it is that you don't like, then why aren't you changing it? What is holding you back? It brings us back to the fact that we can be our own worst enemies. Maybe you are afraid of what other will think if you make a change. If that's the case, you're just going to be running in circles trying to fix something about yourself that, in reality, doesn't need fixed. You are who you are.

That's not supposed to sound like a hopeless message, but a hopeful one. You see, part of the problem is thinking you will never be good enough to live up to different standards. Most likely, even if you do change something about yourself, you will find something else to be unhappy about. So what do you need to do to break this cycle?

Accept yourself. Have mercy on yourself. The main person that is putting those negative thoughts in your head is Satan, but you have the power of whether to dwell in those thoughts or not. While there is the voice of one screaming in your head telling you all kinds of lies, there is one that is screaming even louder telling you:

You are good enough.

You are accepted.

You are loved.

You are fearfully and wonderfully made.

You are not alone!

You might think that you are alone in your thoughts and fears, but really you are not. There is someone that knows your every thought, every passion, every hair on your head, every tiny little thing about you and every huge, extraordinary thing about you. He knows exactly how you are feeling, because he was human himself. And no, I'm not talking about Santa Clause.

I'm talking about the Man of Sorrows. The Lamb of God. The Heavenly Father. The Great I Am. The Lion of the Tribe of Judah. The Wonderful Counselor. The Prince of Peace. The Lord of All. The Great and Mighty One.

You see, Jesus himself knew what suffering was. How alone do you think he felt when he was nailed to a cross and being accused of crimes he never committed? How alone do you think he felt when he cried out to God asking why He had forsaken Him? While Jesus is Lord, he is able to relate to us as he's gone through trials of many kinds because he was human.

You are never actually alone. Whether you believe in God or not, he is there for you. His love never gives up on us. It is an everlasting love.

Plus I myself tend to blow things out of proportion and make them worse than what they actually are. Chances are, there is at least one person in your life who would be more than willing to talk to you when you need it and get stuck inside your own head. We all just need to remind ourselves of that sometimes. We are very good at convincing ourselves of lies.

In 1 Corinthians 13, it talks about true love. Not necessarily a romantic kind, but the kind of love that comes from God. A perfect, unconditional love. So I leave you with these verses from that chapter (verses 6-8). Just remember that no matter what, this kind of love is something someone has for you. And He will never give up on you.

"Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails...."

God bless!