Tag: loneliness
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Feeling Forsaken: Loneliness and Lament in Psalm 22
We’re always looking for models; it’s how the human brain is designed. We’ll get them from healthy influences around us or from bad examples. We might get them from people we follow on social media or those we look up to in our daily lives. But another place we can get our example for how…
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The Cure for Loneliness: Why being, doing, or finding “better” won’t work.
You know what they say about assumptions, right? Truth is though, we all make them…like, all the time. I don’t think I’m the only one when I say that assumptions plague my thoughts constantly, inviting such weapons of the enemy as insecurity, fear, self-doubt, and resentment into my heart. And one assumption I hate that…
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Praying for a 2a.m. Friend
We like to forget, but the truth is that the best stories don’t start with the happy endings. They start with honest moments, usually filled with hurt, longing, or pain. We have to start there, because only through that lens does redemption feel significant. In one such honest moment, my story of community began. When…