Have you ever felt like you were all alone and everyone abandoned you? Job 18-19

Job 19:14-20 (NASBStr)

“My relatives have failed,

And my intimate friends have forgotten me.

 “Those who live in my house and my maids consider me a stranger.

I am a foreigner in their sight.

 “I call to my servant, but he does not answer;

I have to implore him with my mouth.

 “My breath is offensive to my wife,

And I am loathsome to my own brothers.

 “Even young children despise me;

I rise up and they speak against me.

 “All my associates abhor me,

And those I love have turned against me.

 “My bone clings to my skin and my flesh,

And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

Ever feel like that?  Job, in his pain and suffering, believes he is all alone.   In the previous chapter (Job 18) he is attacked once again by the merciless Bildad who believes that any suffering is reserved for only the wicked.  Therefore, in Bildad's mind, if Job is suffering it is because he is wicked.  Notice the loneliness and the feelings of desertion on Job's lips.   NO ONE respects him.   NO ONE is there for him.   Even his own wife despises his very breath ... the only thing he has left!   Where do you go from here?  Where do you turn.  His circumstances all show him to be the walking (or sitting) dead.  In the next verse in the series of complaints he pleads for pity by these, his friends who have deserted him.  Notice how this looks a lot like how Jesus was abandoned by all those who claimed loyalty and love for Him.   And, like Jesus who turned to His Father on the cross ("Into thy hands I commend my spirit"), notice Job's conclusion (below) after taking a survey that there was NO ONE left to comfort him or love him.  Oh, that we would stop looking at our circumstances and be able to say these same words:

Job 19:25-26 (NASBStr)

“As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,

And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.

 “Even after my skin is destroyed,

Yet from my flesh I shall see God;