Loneliness is a valueless fact. It sits upon your shoulders like a heavy burden; or, it recedes like a hollow ache into the back of your consciousness. It is neither right nor wrong. It is neither good nor bad. It just is. Sometimes you have it sometimes you don't. Some people barely know it. Others don't know what it is like to live without it. When you think of loneliness, think of the rain. You may not like it, or you may not like it now- but the rain is not bad. Loneliness is like the rain. It can ruin your day- or, it can drive you to seek the Lord of Heaven and Earth. I may not know what life without loneliness is really like- but I do know that G-d provides for me in times of trouble. I do know that when nothing makes sense at all in this crazy place we call the world, that G-d is not absent. I do know that He can be trusted. I do know that you do not have to be happy and healthy to feel the peace and presence of G-d.
ps- I will give anyone who can tell me what is wrong with this little paragraph twenty dollars. Just post your comments.
pps- previously in this post I mispelled Lonliness- I have corrected it at the request of my readers.
“My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” -II Corinthians 12:9
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7 comments:
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this subject. I've never considered the value of lonliness.... It's always been something to escape from or avoid rather than a feeling to accept or experience. Maybe the value that can be found is when it's shared or expressed...it lifts some of the heaviness by the realization that it is a universal experience. I often find God (or He finds me) in these dark moments...
It is a special and beautiful thing to find G-d in your pain and sadness. Joy is amazing. I love joy. But I love even more that G-d meets me wherever I am and regaurdless of my feelings of loneliness.
Loneliness is misspelled.
No, this is a real mistake I'm talking about dean shan. I'll see what I can do though.
It doesn't look like there are any takers- if I post about what is wrong with this one, the bet will be off. I'll give it a little more time
the problem with this post, other than the fact that it doesnt have any pictures, is that there is no reference AT ALL to robert goulet and the loneliness the world feels without him with us anymore.
thats whats wrong joe...
That is so (not really) close Kevin. A for effort- but no cash pay-off. The hint of the day is that the problem is definitely philosophical.
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