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Never alone

“Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’ So we may boldly say: ‘The L ord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?’” ~ Hebrews 13:5-6 It's pretty easy to feel alone. I'm not even going to say how easy it is to feel forsaken, forgotten, left out. I think you have a pretty good idea already. And when you feel alone, it's easy to start doubting God's goodness, to start wanting the blessings He's given someone else. To start wanting the life, the mission He's given someone else. It's the old "The grass is greener..." phenomena. We don't like our classes, so we start envying our friends who are already graduated and working. We don't like our jobs, so we envy those "kids" who are still living it up in high school and college. Or we start wondering why we didn't get ...