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Me:\u00a0 Have you been having a good conversation with your friend?<\/p>\n

Prodigal:\u00a0 He’s always talkin’ with his tongue out of his shoe.<\/p>\n

Me:\u00a0 You might not want to trust what he says then.<\/p>\n

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This is from the book Facing Loneliness by J. Oswald Sanders<\/p>\n

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Blaise Pascal, the noted French scientist, held that in every human heart there exists a God shaped vacuum.\u00a0 Centuries before him, Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, put his finger on the root cause of loneliness:\u00a0 “God created man for Himself and our hearts are restless until they find rest in Him.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

For this reason, the greatest need of the lonely person is to ensure that he or she is in a right relationship with God, the Great Physician.\u00a0 He has a cure for every lack and malady of the human heart, whether it be spiritual or social.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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God may not always answer the way you want but you will not be left alone.<\/p>\n

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1 John 4:7-8<\/p>\n

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.\u00a0 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n

www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n

www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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