{"id":32694,"date":"2024-08-22T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T19:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/2024-spirit-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-08-10T21:55:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T04:55:34","slug":"2024-loneliness","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/2024-loneliness\/","title":{"rendered":"The Language of Loneliness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: right;\">Max Lucado<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #1a344d;\">We may relish moments of solitude, but a lifetime of it? No way. Many of us, however, are too fluent in the language of loneliness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32695 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/solitude-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/solitude-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/solitude-1-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/solitude-1-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/solitude-1-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/solitude-1.jpg 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #1a344d;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif;\">The kids used to need me<\/span><\/em>\u2026<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif;\">the business once needed me<\/span><\/em>\u2026<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif;\">my spouse never needs me<\/span><\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #1a344d;\">Lonely people fight feelings of insignificance.\u00a0What do you do? How do you cope with such cries for significance?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #1a344d;\"> Some stay busy; others stay drunk. Some buy pets; others buy lovers. Some seek therapy. Yet only a few seek God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #1a344d;\">He invites all of us to do so. God\u2019s ultimate cure for the common life takes you to a manger. \u201c\u2026\u2019and they shall call His name Immanuel,\u2019 which is translated, \u2018God with us\u2019\u201d (Matthew 1:23).\u00a0There\u2019s no withholding tax on God\u2019s \u201cwith\u201d promise. 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