taste the bitter tears of loneliness. Sleepless nights will come. But we are well on the way to dealing with that pain by knowing this: Only God can really comfort us in times like these. He gently tells us, “I know your pain. I share your sorrow. If no one else loves you in the entire world, I always will.” Will we listen for His voice or turn away to weak substitutes? If we seek comfort in this life through relationships, material wealth or physical pleasures, the irony is that we move away from