This is Week 40 in the Grace in Everyday Relationships Series. The foyer was full, the coffee was hot, and the conversations were loud. But as the last song faded and the last handshake ended, one person slipped quietly to the parking lot, started the car, and whispered, “Does anyone really know I’m here?” Surrounded by people, yet deeply alone—that is the ache of loneliness in a crowd.​ Many churches and neighborhoods are friendly on the surface, but friendliness and friendship are not the same thing. Scripture tells believers that God “sets the lonely in families” (Psalm 68:6), and that His people are to “seek to show hospitality” (Romans 12:13).…