Fear feeds on isolation, and isolation feeds on fear. When we are separated from those around us, we begin to fear everyone and everything. Every person I have ever counseled who had become trapped in the cycle experienced fear, especially of the future. Widows are especially subject to this kind of problem. For them the future is a dark morass, and many have no desire whatsoever to press on with life. The believer again has the promise of God that He holds the future in His hand, that He has a purpose
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