Topic: Hope In Loneliness, Part 1 Of 5

What does a person do who is caught up in the isolation and pain of loneliness? Where does a person suffering loneliness, a person who is so often afraid to reach out and make contact with others, find hope and the Light and love of God? How does this person overcome fear and shyness? There may be no other problem in the world causing so much pain as the problem of loneliness. All people feel the pain of loneliness at times. However, masses of people are plagued by the pain of loneliness on a daily basis. Ironically, if you experience loneliness you are not alone. You are among millions of others who feel the same way. Even in a crowd, the pain of loneliness never leaves. Loneliness is a darkness of the soul. Loneliness is an insidious form of self-preservation. Although loneliness is an out-growth of our self-preservation instincts, instead of preserving our life, loneliness destroys our body, mind, and spirit. Loneliness is like a slow growing cancer of the soul. Loneliness is a form of spiritual darkness blinding us to those around us. Lonely people do desperate things to ease the pain. Many of our social problems like substance abuse, gang violence, and skyrocketing birth rates among unmarried girls and women, are the symptoms of the loneliness problem.

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