A teenager delivered a powerful and moving message on loneliness and the importance of friendship.

Unfortunately, we will all experience trials, valleys and storms in life. Those instances will all leave their marks mentally, emotionally or physically. Sadly, no one will be able to escape this life unscathed. Those gut-wrenching and heartbreaking periods will come for us all at one time or another.

Those instances will likely bring about intense pain, sorrow and grief. But as awful as those may be, one of the absolute worst feelings in the world is loneliness. Believing that no one cares and that you’re going through something alone can and will only make an already painful and worrisome episode much worse.

In a clip posted on YouTube, a 14-year-old young man stands before a congregation and delivers a powerful message about feeling alone. In his quick, five-minute sermon, the youngster highlights several passages of Scripture to highlight the importance of friendship and the devastating impact of loneliness.

He drew upon a situation in his life to help illustrate his point about friendship and the need to feel less alone in the world. He mentions that in the seventh grade, he joined the football team. Despite having made what he believed several friends on the team, he always sat alone on the bus on the way to away games. This happened throughout the entire season, he pointed out.

He used that situation in his life to talk to members of the congregation who may have had an empty seat next to them. Perhaps they had felt rejected. But the Bible, the young man astutely points out, addressed this topic, specifically drawing upon the words of Jesus Christ.

Loneliness impacts many people in this world today. Maybe you’ve felt alone at one time or another. Perhaps we can be that person, that friend who could help someone feel less alone, rejected and hurt.

Proverbs 17:17 “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born adversity.”