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By Mary Fairchild, About.com Guide to Christianity since 2005

What You Want Most in Life

Wednesday September 24, 2008
In this devotional about surrender to God, Jack Zavada of Inspiration-for-Singles.com discusses a deep need we all have inside:
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    "One of life's most bittersweet moments is when you finally realize you don't have it all figured out.

    It hits you like a hammer and there's a crushing period of discouragement, but there is an up side. By the process of elimination, you've gotten rid of what doesn't work. Now how do you find out what does?

    Maybe you thought it was wealth or career success or personal fame. Your dream house seemed to be it, or was it your dream car? Achievements were satisfying, but only for a while. Even marriage didn't turn out to be the cure-all you expected.

    In a sense, we're all after the same thing, but we're unable to put our finger on it. All we're sure of is that we haven't found it yet."

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October 9, 2008 at 8:54 am
(1) jonas lindgren says:

to die knowing that i loved with all my heart.

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