Is there emptiness in your life?

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Do you feel empty? Is there something lacking? Do you long for something, but don't quite know what it is?

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Are you hoping for fulfillment? Are you unsatisfied with a daily routine of work or school or whatever?

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Maybe when you're all by yourself and you look deep inside, you just don't feel content. Somehow something is just missing.

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Maybe you've discovered that indulging the desires of your flesh and your mind have not produced the peace and tranquility that you need.

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You know, when I was younger, I sought many things to replace God. I tried to identify with something, a cause, a philosophy, even a look.

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I was seeking an identity. I was seeking God, but didn't know it. For a while those things, they were entertaining and even exciting, but ultimately the same emptiness just came back.

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I can remember one night. I was looking for something to break the boredom. I was watching people around me as they were pursuing the same thing that I was and suddenly

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I realized how futile and empty it all was. I realized that if I got what

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I wanted, I would still be unsatisfied. I wanted more than the same old thing.

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I wanted more than the same old routine. I wanted something that wouldn't leave me feeling empty after a little while.

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I wanted something real, something permanent. Somehow I knew I could only be satisfied by encountering

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God and finding His purpose. You see, in His great mercy,

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God has touched me. In the midst of my sin, in spite of me pursuing my fleshly desires,

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He came to me and He healed my heart. Emptiness is no longer my companion.

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In fact, it is so unfamiliar to me that I can barely remember what it was like.

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See, now I have peace and contentment and fulfillment. I have this because I have found salvation and fellowship with God.

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This fellowship is found in Christ and in Christ alone. 1 Corinthians 1 .9

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says, God is faithful through whom you are called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ.

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When you find Christ and you find His salvation, you discover your purpose and you find your hope is fulfilled.