Indeed, many are lonely and hopeless. Along with candles and prayers for one another, how about inspirational Bible passages too? ~Once a Boy SOME OF MY FAVORITES IN REGARDS TO DARKNESS, LONELINESS, AND HOPELESSNESS ========================================================================= Even if I go through the deepest darkness, I will not be afraid, Lord, for you are with me. Your sheperd's rod and staff protect me. ~ Psalm 23:4 The people who walk in darkness have seen a great light! ~Isaiah 9:2 The Lord is near the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. ~Psalm 34:18 For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord, you are light. ~Ephesians 5:8 We boast in our suffereing, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance builds character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us. ~Romans 5:3,4 I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. ~John 14:18 I know the plans I have for you says the Lord, they are plans for good and not for evil to give you a future and a hope. ~Jeremiah 29:11 Know that I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you. ~Genesis 28:15 If we love one another, God lives in us, and His love is perfected in us. ~1John 4:12 Love is patient; love is kind. ~1Corinthians 13:4 |