Loneliness is a state of mind where one feels isolated and often misunderstood. There seems to be no one who truly understands or shares exactly the feelings of the spirit and soul with you. No one understands or shares your agony, your sorrow, your joys, nor what you are trying to say. 
Loneliness is the intense realization that there is no other person who intimately knows one’s very thoughts, feelings, hopes, dreams, joys, tragedies, and there remains a constant search for just one person who might take the time to really know you and still love you. The existentialists believe that actually this is the plight of every human being ever born. That same search may lead to failed relationships, despair, constant running from one social event to another, drug usage, alcohol—anything to numb that feeling for a moment." What too often we do not see is
Seeking After the Greatest Treasure with a Song of Joy
Psalm 9: 1 I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High…
10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11 Sing praises to the Lord 
It was amazing yesterday when an old friend had called me.
We spoke about
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Do You Believe in the Sovereignty of God and His Sovereign Grace?
Everything is falling into place. The move is imminent and so quickly approaching. There is so much to do, so many details that still must fall into place. Many of those details are not within my control. As I gaze across the horizon, I would shudder at all the potential obstacles that could still arise. I look within myself and see all the inadequacies, the frailties, and wonder. Thus, I look ahead, around, within and want to see the end–cross that finish line of this adventure to embark on the future God has planned. There are still mountains looming in front of me and streams that must be crossed; yet, it all lies within the 
hands of God. Why is it that we humans or particularly this human at times wants to fret or worry about that which I have no control over? Why would I not just trust God with it all? Perhaps with my mind and my mouth, I declare that I trust; yet, there is a small area within my heart that fears? Do you ever find yourself doing that? Truly I believe that it comes down to two questions that you must ask yourself.
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Wherein Lies Your Passion
Philippians 3: 13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
So, again I must ask you, “Wherein lies Your Passion? Is He, Jesus Christ the most important goal in your life? Are you willing to lose every other dream in order to follow Him? Will you diligently study and train so as to move ever closer to His magnificent Glory? I only hope and pray that you realize that to move ever forward in this Christian walk you need to become passionate about this one thing, as Paul the Apostle was,
Hope is the Courage that Flows from God’s Fountain of Love
“Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.”
― Emily Dickinson
On what can we anchor our hope? Hope is that sensation and desire to keep believing that tomorrow is better no matter what the circumstances are today. We surge ahead through whatever trials face us, knowing without a doubt that joy resides in us and before us. It is the force which allows us to endure many hardships because we know that what lies before us is God’s best. Without hope we would wither and die in despair at the trials that surround us. Hope gives us the strength to always get up and face each new dawn with a song of praise in our hearts.
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