loneliness

The Touch of God

by Eileen Hershberger February 17, 2008

The dawn of each day brings no relief. The heart feels alone and sad. God is a million miles away and prayers only reach the ceiling. Have you ever felt this way? I went through a dry spell last fall, where I felt so alone and convinced there was no one who would understand how [...]

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Lonely or Alone

by Constance Gilbert December 14, 2007

Mary quietly treasured these things in her heart and thought about them often. —Luke 2:19 (NLT) Like Mary, I was in a strange town; I had lost my job, and my family would be out of state for Christmas. Instead of jingle bells I was hearing bill collectors ringing my phone. Depression was keeping me [...]

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Difficult Days as a Single

by Eileen Hershberger January 1, 2007
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Do you have a day of the week that you just do not like? Perhaps it is Mondays—the reality of heading back into another busy work week makes you want to stay under the covers. Perhaps it is Fridays—another date night spent at home alone. For me it is often Sundays. Sundays can be difficult, [...]

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Loneliness at Christmastime

by Eileen Hershberger November 5, 2006
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Have you noticed something different when you are out and about these days? It seems the stores everywhere have stocked their shelves and are ready for Christmas. They have spent countless hours making beautiful displays to entice you into believing it will be the perfect gift for someone or the perfect thing for you to [...]

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The Day I Wasn’t Invited to the Party

by Betty Jo Mings October 5, 2006

In the 1930′s almost everybody seemed poor, some just more so than others. I was the youngest of six children, and my father had walked out and left my mother to face the awesome responsibility of feeding and taking care of all six of us. We moved from my grandfather’s farm in the country to [...]

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Love and Relationships

by Eileen Hershberger August 1, 2006

Love and relationships have become a big part of American pop culture. The books, movies, TV shows, and advertising that we see and read each day all use these two topics to convince us that our world will be complete when we have a love of our own. And singles seem especially susceptible to these [...]

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