In this lesson, The Great Value of Loneliness, Never despise the loneliness that inspires closeness with God. There are times in the lonely hours of service, that God calls us aside. It may arise from an insistent whisper, but that beckoning is persistent until it reaches us. Come aside for a while. Aside to prayer, to think, for communion, for instruction. It is in the hours of loneliness that God does some of His greatest works. He uses schoolhouses of loneliness to teach His servants. Loneliness does two things to us: It makes us look inward. What a horrible thing that is found there! But it also makes us look Godward. What a tremendous thing that is!