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Psalm 139 Sunday Praise

May 22, 2018May 8, 2016 by Sarah

O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord. You … Read more

How I Found Joy in Loneliness and Longing

May 22, 2018May 7, 2016 by Sarah

One of my childhood drawings, 10 years old — Childhood drawing, age 10

Joy came from the sorrow of my childhood longing and loneliness.

When I withdrew into private worlds of drawing and reading out of loneliness,

Loneliness and Longing, Part 2

May 22, 2018May 6, 2016 by Sarah

donuts

The longing that never left me as a child was triggered by loneliness, which I wrote about in my previous post. I had a void inside, and most often, I chose to fill it with food.

Loneliness and Longing, Part 1

December 6, 2019May 5, 2016 by Sarah

1985 mother daughter 1

“A vast, unsoothable sense of loneliness”¹ was my unwelcome companion for many years after my parents’ divorce. A deep sense of longing accompanied the loneliness, which I called “the wanting” when I was a child.

Sunday praise Psalm 145

May 22, 2018May 1, 2016 by Sarah

The Lord is faithful to all his promises

and loving toward all he has made.