"You have caused friend and neighbor to shun me, my companions are in darkness."(Psalm 88:18)
I have never personally been shunned. I certainly have lost touch with people, but I can't recall anyone deliberately letting me know that we are no longer friends or neighbors. Nobody crosses over to the other side of the street when they see me coming.
I can't imagine a more lonely feeling. To be out and about in the world and have no one notice you and especially when you did have friends at one time.
I can picture calling out to God and asking why. What could I have possibly done to deserve this treatment? Interesting to me is how the psalmist sees this as being done to him by God.
I hope that I never shun anyone. I try very hard to maintain my friendships. If I am to proclaim that I believe in forgiveness of sins, then whatever might have led to shunning someone, needs to find a way to forgive.
Blessings,
Ed
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