a secret
"We are each born with a secret, a secret we try to hide every second of our lives by a million clever devises, both internal and external. The secret is that each of us is terribly alone, each finds that loneliness unendurable, each reaches out desperately to overcome it in those million ways, [but] never fully succeeds..." ~ Peter Kreeft
What do you think?
Mill Lake was partially frozen today. I like the patterns in the ice.
posted by Cara @ 11:15 PM
3 Comments:
i read this this morning and it reminded me of your quote.
"When we get intimate with Jesus we are never lonely, we never need sympathy, we can pour out all the time without being pathetic." -Oswald Chambers
i wonder if that is true. that would mean our feelings of lonliness are a symptom of not having intimacy with Christ. or is it that, as sinners living in a fallen world, we will always feel that aching void until we reach heaven, our true home?
Off the top of my head I don't think I agree with Chambers. His quote is so bold. I agree with your suggestion Heidi - I think we will always have longings and lonliness until heaven. Lance is in the midst of writing a song about this (a very good one I might add)
Aimee
(ps. Cara, is the last name Kreft or Kreeft, I seem to recall a Peter Kreeft - I certainly could be wrong though)
Yup, it's Kreeft. I fixed it. Thanks.
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