As I was listening to one of my Relient K cds, there was a line in one of the songs that really stuck out, “loneliness and solitude are two things not to get confused.” So in hearing this line I thought I would look up the definition of the two words. According to the Oxford English Dictionary loneliness means “the quality or condition of being alone”. Solitude means “the state of being or living alone; loneliness, seclusion, solitariness (of persons).”
The two have very similar definitions, so what exactly did Relient K mean by saying not to confuse the two? Well the next line of the song is “…because I spend my solitude with You.” I believe that solitude is a voluntary action in which we spend time alone with our God.
God has most certainly been teaching me the importance of solitude. A year ago I would have told you I was an extroverted person, but now I’m not so sure that I am anymore. Spending time in solitude with God is so unbelievable amazing, and I would much rather spend my time in solitude with God. He is the only one who is always there with me, and listening to my every thought. I know that I am not spending my time feeling lonely because I am choosing to spend my time with God. I am never alone, and neither are you...
…The song that inspired this is called “Therapy”. I recommend you go and listen to it for yourself.
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