Lonely?

It's late :/

I have to be at work early in the morning. My job consists of basically standing in the same spot for hours flagging traffic. It is pretty uneventful. I have to say that I am envious of many of my friends who have interesting and productive summer jobs. Maybe next summer? However, there are perks to standing alone in the middle of the road for hours; I get to catch up on all the podcasts I missed. I still have an audio bible in my phone that needs to be read (heard). But I have all summer and countless hours alone (on the highway) to do that. Anyways, here's something I learned today:

Loneliness was the only human longing that was pre-fall. Before our depravity, Adam was lonely. This tells me that loneliness was not a product of depravity but instead a part of perfection. Granted what we long for and the stuff we try to fill up the loneliness can sometimes be shewed, but I don't think loneliness is wrong at all. I think that part of God's image in us is a sense of longing. I might be wrong, but I really do think we need to stop suppressing our loneliness but instead embrace it and let it motivate us to chase after God.