SO YOU ARE SO LONESOME YOU COULD DIE (4 OF 9)
by Ken Trivette
Scripture: GENESIS 28:10-16
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So You Are So Lonesome You Could Die (4 of 9)
Ken Trivette
Genesis 28:10-16
1. Many years ago, the great Presbyterian preacher, Clarence E. Macartney, wrote a book entitled ''Facing Life andamp; Getting The Best Of It.'' In the book he dealt with many of the things we are dealing with such as fear, depression, etc. In the chapter entitled, ''Getting The Best Of Loneliness'' he writes:
''Any series of sermons on this subject, Facing Life And Getting The Best Of It, without a sermon on loneliness, would be obviously incomplete, for loneliness is one of the deepest shadows cast upon our world.'' 1
2. George Henderson said: ''Of the many grief's that assail the heart of man, that strange and mystic scroll, that three-corned exponent of all our hopes and fears, none can be more poignant, none more distressing, than an overwhelming sense of the loneliness of life.'' 2
3. Kipling said, ''The human soul is essentially a very lonely thing. We are born alone, die alone, and in the depths of our heart we live alone.'' 3
4. While I would not agree completely with what Kipling said, he does raise the point that loneliness is often one of the things in life that handles us.
5. I heard about a man who wanted to join one of those lonely hearts clubs. He sent them his photograph and they sent back a note that said, ''We are not that lonely.''
6. There may be some of you that feel like the fellow that went to a psychiatrist. He said, ''Doc, I want you to give a split personality.'' The doctor asked why and he said, ''So I'll have someone to talk to.''
7. Ida Nelle Hollaway wrote: ''The pain of loneliness is universal.''
8. Both the somebody's, the nobody's, the anybody's, and everybody's at some time in life are lonely.
9. We find in the Bible that loneliness appeared very early. God created Adam and it was not long before God said, ''It is not good that the man should be alone,; I will make a helpmeet for him'' (Gen.2:18) ...
Ken Trivette
Genesis 28:10-16
1. Many years ago, the great Presbyterian preacher, Clarence E. Macartney, wrote a book entitled ''Facing Life andamp; Getting The Best Of It.'' In the book he dealt with many of the things we are dealing with such as fear, depression, etc. In the chapter entitled, ''Getting The Best Of Loneliness'' he writes:
''Any series of sermons on this subject, Facing Life And Getting The Best Of It, without a sermon on loneliness, would be obviously incomplete, for loneliness is one of the deepest shadows cast upon our world.'' 1
2. George Henderson said: ''Of the many grief's that assail the heart of man, that strange and mystic scroll, that three-corned exponent of all our hopes and fears, none can be more poignant, none more distressing, than an overwhelming sense of the loneliness of life.'' 2
3. Kipling said, ''The human soul is essentially a very lonely thing. We are born alone, die alone, and in the depths of our heart we live alone.'' 3
4. While I would not agree completely with what Kipling said, he does raise the point that loneliness is often one of the things in life that handles us.
5. I heard about a man who wanted to join one of those lonely hearts clubs. He sent them his photograph and they sent back a note that said, ''We are not that lonely.''
6. There may be some of you that feel like the fellow that went to a psychiatrist. He said, ''Doc, I want you to give a split personality.'' The doctor asked why and he said, ''So I'll have someone to talk to.''
7. Ida Nelle Hollaway wrote: ''The pain of loneliness is universal.''
8. Both the somebody's, the nobody's, the anybody's, and everybody's at some time in life are lonely.
9. We find in the Bible that loneliness appeared very early. God created Adam and it was not long before God said, ''It is not good that the man should be alone,; I will make a helpmeet for him'' (Gen.2:18) ...
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