Tag: loneliness

• Self-Pity and Self-Sufficiency

  Picture Jesus as the candle in the center. On one side is Self-Pity and on the other is Self-Sufficiency. Both are tools of Satan. Some people jump over the candle to one side and stay there. Others jump back and forth continually. Of course Jesus is right there in between those extremes. He is the…

  Christie Cole Atkins

  September 28, 2024

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  depression, Elijah, God’s love, Jesus Christ, loneliness, Philippians 4:13, social media

• Just God and Me

  It’s very natural that we don’t want to be alone. At the creation, the one thing God said was not good was “for the man to be alone,” (Genesis 2:18). So he made Eve. Later He made the church. We’re not meant to do life alone, especially the Christian life. But, there are some things…

  Christie Cole Atkins

  June 8, 2024

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  Christian life, community, connection, friendship, God, God understands, God’s presence, highs and lows, intimacy, loneliness, love of God, relationship, separation

• My Not Needed Place

  

  One afternoon not long ago, my son was in a bad mood for some reason and he decided to go hide in my closet. I found a piece of paper taped to my closet door and it said: My not needed place (Do not disturb please just knock) Also my not loved place

  Christie Cole Atkins

  April 13, 2024

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  Bible study, discouragement, encouragement, faith, feeling unloved, God the Father, Jesus, loneliness, seek and find, solitude, suffering, time alone