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document.writeln("One of the best parts of my day is coming home to my husband and children.");
document.writeln("Although I am around people all");
document.writeln("day, there is just something so special about being able to enter a space where");
document.writeln("you are known and loved, and vice versa. However, there are also times where I have");
document.writeln("felt a sense of emptiness even in the midst of people. I have come to realize that");
document.writeln("whenever I feel empty, it is because, while I may be spending time with people");
document.writeln("I love, I am not spending enough time with God. He is the fountain that fills");
document.writeln("my cup, and when I am not investing time with Him, my cup starts running empty.
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document.writeln("It is true that we can live well without a lot of things, but we cannot live");
document.writeln("meaningfully without AT LEAST one close, loving relationship. If we can have");
document.writeln("several of these relationships, that is even better! It does not have to be");
document.writeln("romantic love, but it does need to be relationships where we practice loving");
document.writeln("others as God loves us, and we are loved in return.
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document.writeln("I remember our dear friend, Dick Innes, making mention of a God shaped vacuum");
document.writeln("in every heart that only God can fill. This is very true. Our lives will lack");
document.writeln("meaning and feel empty without a close relationship with our Creator and");
document.writeln("Friend. Our Creator also knew it was not good for us to be alone. This is why");
document.writeln("Adam had Eve, and why there were twelve disciples. They were there to love and");
document.writeln("support each other.
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document.writeln("As we grow closer to our Heavenly Father, He will fill our hearts with love, genuine");
document.writeln("love, and we will not be able to avoid it spilling into the lives of others. God");
document.writeln("commanded us to love Him and love others. This is the way to feel truly satisfied");
document.writeln("and fulfill our purpose.
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document.writeln("Suggested prayer: Dear God, please fill my empty heart with your love and let");
document.writeln("that love overflow into the lives of every person I meet. Thank you that I do");
document.writeln("not have to live this life alone, but instead share it with people who you have");
document.writeln("hand picked for me to love and receive love in return. Help me seek you constantly");
document.writeln("and that my relationship with you would be strong in all circumstances. In the name");
document.writeln("of Jesus I pray, Amen.
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document.writeln("1. Genesis 2:18.
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document.writeln("The Encounter for today was written by: Crystal B.
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