Books On Loneliness
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The Path of Loneliness: Finding Your Way Through the Wilderness to God
By Elisabeth Elliot
Whether it's the death of a loved one, divorce or estrangement in marriage, or being a single person in a world of couples and families, loneliness eventually comes to us all. Elisabeth Elliot lost her first husband to murder in the South American jungle and her second to the ravages of cancer. She felt the deep pain of loss. In this book she gives hope to the lonely and offers reflections of God's love for us and his plans to bless us.
The Restless Heart: Finding Our Spiritual Home in Times of Loneliness
By Ronald Rolheiser
An honest, authentic voice in the spiritual wilderness, Rolheiser's The Holy Longing has been something of a sensation, selling over 100,000 copies. Now he tackles one of the plagues of the modern era--loneliness and alienation. Technology just can't fill our need for intimacy and friendship. 224 pages, hardcover. Doubleday.
How to Overcome Loneliness
By Elisabeth Elliot
Loneliness is not incurable. It can make life seem empty, meaningless, unbearable. And it isn't the kind of thing you can shake "once and for all." But loneliness can be overcome. So whether you've been ignoring a nagging emptiness or feeling desperately alone, Elisabeth Elliot will show you how to transform your loneliness into expectancy, joy, and peace.
Loneliness
By Jayne Clark
Everyone feels lonely at times. In fact, loneliness began in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve, a married couple, experienced separation from God and each other. Sin's entrance into the world created loneliness. The remedy, says Jayne V. Clark, is not what fills the void, but Who fills the void. Clark helps us to understand that our union with Christ leads to our union with one another. Believers are a family, the bride of Christ, and just like siblings and spouses, we have the power to impact our own loneliness and to lessen or intensify the loneliness of others.
On Asking God Why
By Elisabeth Elliot
"I seek the lessons God wants to teach me, and that means that I ask why."--Elisabeth Elliot
God does many things we do not understand. When faced with suffering, sickness, death, and confusion, most people can ask only one question: Why?
Elisabeth Elliot, one of the outstanding women of present-day Christianity, knows too well this feeling of uncertainty. But she also knows that God will answer.
On Asking God Why offers honest insights into many of today's most prevalent heartaches, including cancer and death, family issues and loneliness, aging and hopelessness. Chapter by chapter, this insightful book will remind you that God invites His children to lay our questions before Him ... because in Him we find every answer we need.
