Summary

My name is Doug Bender and I want to share my journey from deep loneliness to discovering that God is the true friend I always needed. As a child, I cried myself to sleep every night, filled with self-hate and convinced that nobody cared about me—especially after my painful 12th birthday party where no one showed up. Over time, the isolation and negative thoughts overwhelmed me until I realized that all along, God was listening. I discovered that God was my friend, and His love restored my self-worth and transformed my loneliness into hope.

Time Chapters
  • 00:03 Crying and self-hate
  • 01:12 12th birthday party failure
  • 03:05 God becomes true friend

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In today’s social media world, “friends” come and go with each passing day. We collect vast numbers and mass communicate with them via a keypad. In many ways they are just names in a directory.

Having true friends is much more complicated, especially during those critical school years. Doug Bender’s perceived lack of friends growing up greatly impacted his life. In his I am Second film, Doug remembers the scarring that took place during his search for friends, and how he finally discovered the key to understanding friendship.