Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread.

Our Reading titled The Loneliest Man was written by Dave Brannon.

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped out of their lunar landing module and became the

first humans to walk on the surface of the moon. But we don't often think about the third person

on their team, Michael Collins, who was flying the command module for Apollo 11. After his teammates

clambered down the ladder to test the lunar surface, Collins waited

alone on the far side of the moon. He was out of touch with Neil, Buzz, and everyone on Earth.

NASA's mission control commented, Not since Adam has any human known such solitude as Mike Collins.

There are times when we feel completely alone.

Imagine, for instance, how Joseph, Jacob's son in Genesis 37,

felt when he was taken from Canaan to Egypt after his brother sold him.

Then he was thrust into further isolation by being thrown in prison on false charges.

How did Joseph survive in prison in a foreign land with no family anywhere nearby?

Listen to this from verses 20 and 21.

While Joseph was there in the prison, the Lord was with him.

Four times we're reminded of this comforting truth in Genesis 39.

Do you feel alone or isolated from others?

Hold on to the truth of God's presence,

promised by Jesus himself.

Surely, I am with you always.

With Jesus as your Savior,

you're never alone.

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