Every single person has some cross to bear, whether it be health problems, financial problems(from grinding poverty to significant debt), loneliness(both single people and those in loveless marriages), difficult and mind numbing jobs,
persecutions for their faith, etc. etc.
Whenever I am tempted to throw a pity party for myself I think about those little kids on those St. Jude's Children's Hospital commercials. Babies and toddlers with cancer having to endure all those gruesome tests, surgeries, chemo treatments or, kids without limbs, born blind, having to deal with cerebral palsy. Then there is the anguish of the parents.
...and I feel ashamed of myself for complaining about anything because my worst day would be their best day.
So, lack of gratitude for the good things God has bestowed upon you is surely the quickest path to despair and sin.
Topic: Suffering from loneliness (Read 153719 times)