You can have hundreds of acquaintances, dozens of friends, one spouse or best friend, but, no matter how loving, no matter how close or supportive they all may be, while they may show you the love of God, and the Spirit of God lives within them, they are not God.
And I am left alone.  But somehow not lonely.
Ultimately, at some point, for all of us, it comes down to just being…
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alone….
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with God.
We may fill our days with many to-do’s, even to-do’s that refer to God, talking about God, …

Watching the political race now under way, I see more and more propaganda filling the commercial spots on TV.  I often hear young people regurgitating the arguments of their heroic candidates, half-baked arguments that are nothing more than fear and vitriol wrapped in patriot’s flags.  How is it that people can get away with bending truths, twisting stories and outright lying on national television?  Too busy first with work and families, and then with other more frivolous obligations, we get distracted. We are barraged by images and sound-bytes, but nothing …