I was depressed, lost, lonely, hurt, suffering, in pain, and wondered why.

You can talk to Jesus any time, He is always here.  Many people don't know that and so they live their life like they don't need Jesus.  Jesus is God in human form, so believe me He knows your thoughts, He knows your feelings, He knows your needs, He knows your wants, He knows your pain, He knows your suffering, He knows everything, He is God who created all of us.  Many people don't know God is love and Jesus is love, and also love is the most powerful force of all (because love is God and He is the most powerful of all, our Creator).  Think of it, there's no law against love, but there are many laws against evil.  It's a spiritual war we are in 24/7 every second the evil devil is trying to brutally kill you and destroy everything in your life and everyone else's life.  You have to fight that war daily because every second the devil is trying to get you to lie, to steel, to hate, to think evil thoughts, and to do or think anything that is not about love.  You see it every day on the news, people getting arrested and going to jail, people using drugs and their life is full of suffering, people robbing and shooting instead of loving and helping.  You can only handle so much of your life on your own, until your life starts to turn for the worse, maybe years go by and God speaks to you through a message online.  You need someone to save you from the devil satan and only Jesus has the authority and power to do so because HE is GOD.  Our Creator God visited us in the Earth as Jesus Christ to show us the way because nobody knew the way.  God didn't want to create robots to obey him forever because there's no life, no spirit in robots, they are just metal and plastic.  God created real living souls that will live forever somewhere.  We each have a soul and are temporarily living in this flesh body.  Earth is the testing ground like an exam at school, we pass the test and ask Jesus to forgive us and go to Heaven forever and live with Jesus and God and all the other people who were saved forever, it's God's plan not mine.  Or we fail the test and reject God as Jesus and go to hell forever, our choice.  God gave us a choice because He loves us.  What if I told you that you have no choice for anything in your life because I will determine everything for you from the time you are born until you die?  That's like communism.  That's like live and let die.  That would be a pretty sad life.  But God is love, pure love, more than words can describe, and He loves you so much more than you can comprehend!  He loves your voice, your smile, your eyes, your face, your walk, your laugh, your hair, the way you brush your teeth, the way you dress, everything about you God loves!  Think of something about you that people made fun of you or judged you or laughed at you and it hurt your feelings, God says He loves that thing about you that other people make fun of.  It's true, God created you and loves everything about you that you can think of.  You are unique because God doesn't make copies of trash.  But God doesn't love sin, and when you do something bad He will let you know in your heart, you'll hear your conscience tell you "I shouldn't do that" or "I could've been nicer than that"  or "something's wrong I know there's something better than this".  God gave us the knowledge to know when we are doing something that is against God, some people call it morals or conscience or listening to your heart.  Sin is the path that leads to forever separation from God, and the last day of your life is the cut-off.  Jesus paid the debt of sin by dying on the cross.  He is holy and righteous and not deserving of death, so that the debt was forever paid but only to those who believe and trust Jesus to save their soul by asking forgiveness.  God gave you many days and chances to choose, Jesus or sin, go to Heaven forever or hell forever, choose now.  Getting free from sin by asking Jesus to forgive me is the most wonderful thing that ever happens to any person!  Just ask anyone who really knows Jesus in their heart and they will testify and witness to the truth.  Just like parents who won't give gifts to the misbehaving child, but once the child changes and everyday offers to help the parents by doing homework and doing dishes and vacuuming the home and chores like mowing the lawn etc, the parents go "wow my child has changed into a mature person overnight and now we can be proud to give our child many gifts like going to the theme park this weekend or going to the beach or buying that new bicycle or buying a car after graduating high school etc... because they see a change in the child, they see maturity, they see responsibility.  The child then tells them "It's all because I prayed to Jesus for forgiveness of my sins and I was set free!"  All goodness and love comes from God and Jesus.  One day I decided to trust Jesus and I prayed to Him and He set me free from sin.  Jesus told me my purpose in life, gave me eternal life in Heaven, gave me power to overcome any and all sin in my life, and the list goes on of the things God blesses His children with once you let go of sin and trust Jesus to forgive you.  I know this from reading the Holy Bible every day.  I started with the book of John and I recommend that you do the same, read four chapters a day for the rest of your life, it's a good decision to make.  I only know a little bit, but what I do know can lead someone to Jesus, and when I do, that makes God very pleased.  If you realize you're a sinner and want to ask Jesus to forgive you and accept you then you'll feel His presence with you right now and you may start crying as you feel Him pulling at your heart, I was crying when I did, and you can pray now and ask Him.