tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321763172328664273.post3078880685833676438..comments2023-09-09T09:11:37.627-05:00Comments on God's Work In Progess: The Greatest Disease in the WestAmy L Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07411525703683054659noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321763172328664273.post-54242558696034666122009-03-07T05:32:00.000-06:002009-03-07T05:32:00.000-06:00Oh Amy, I so identify with this post. Lonliness r...Oh Amy, I so identify with this post. Lonliness rips my heart apart at times. It's not that I don't have friends...I do...but I long for more than that casual connection. <BR/><BR/>I don't think anyone is exempt from lonliness. I think we go through seasons and situations when it is more pronounced at times. I have such a longing to be known and accepted. <BR/><BR/>Just yesterday I attended...for the first time...a program the local Library is offering entitled, "News and Views". For an hour attendees discuss the latest head-liners. One of the topics yesterday was about the use of Internet, Facebook, E-mail, texts, etc... and it's effect on socialization. So many 'friendships' are not face-to-face. Sadly, many of my dearest friends, live so far away that I joke my computer is my 'best friend'.<BR/><BR/>I'm with you on this one Amy. I mean, after all, I comment here often, but I've never met you :o)<BR/><BR/>Have a good day,<BR/>JoyJoyfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00010498759199040612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321763172328664273.post-59800479298795663762009-03-06T21:40:00.000-06:002009-03-06T21:40:00.000-06:00Amy,...some great thoughts. (I came over from the...Amy,...some great thoughts. (I came over from the devotion cafe.) I am single, but a momma with a houseful. When I become single five years ago, with two little ones in tow, I was not sure what God had for me. Now, I have three children (adopted my daugher from China in 2006) and am adopting another daughter from Ethiopia.<BR/><BR/>Even with a house full of kids, the lonelies can stll hit. especially when you want some grown up talk it out talk. Jesus is so awesome to give us real friends... not a lot, we don't need a lot, but one or two good ones will do.<BR/><BR/>Blessings to you.Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234324593027826036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321763172328664273.post-63068118825868729392009-03-06T06:39:00.000-06:002009-03-06T06:39:00.000-06:00I am a big Mother Teresa fan and used part of that...I am a big Mother Teresa fan and used part of that quote in my own blog recently. I am also single & live alone. I am not lonely in general but I long for certain people(my parents who have passed, a friend of 30 years who died a few months ago).<BR/><BR/>I have seen good human connection "modeled" in my past & in my childhood, but I connect less well now when anything is en masse. It freaks me out & disinterests me. I have just a couple of people I can really count on & that is enough for me. <BR/><BR/>I believe the internet can HELP build false intimacy, but I also find the people that latch on to it for that have done so in their own real lives also, not just online. They meet someone new at work & that person is the BEST person they've ever met. She is good & pure &.....in 5 weeks she is saying that woman is her best friend and no one understands her like THAT woman-until something happens & she doesn't like that woman anymore. <BR/><BR/>I see that online & IRL. It is dangerous & it does lead to the big letdown, but I see it more as personality type than an online problem. With all that said, the internet does make that sort of thing much worse for someone so inclined. ~Mary<BR/>I found your blog thru Taking Heart...nice to meet you, Amy :-).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com