title: Thoughts From the Diary of a Desperate Man: A Daily Devotional
author:  Walter A. Henrichsen 
description: Christianity is a religion of rescue, designed for the desperate, just as an awareness of one's depravity is essential for holiness, so too a feeling of desperation, manifested in perpetual brokenness and dependence, is the heart of the believer's life in Christ. The title burned in my mind long before the first day's devotion was written: Thoughts from the Diary of A Desperate Man. My objective from the start has been to help people think biblically. All permanent change takes place by altering how a person perceives reality. We may not know if all see the same color when looking as a red object, but we do know that as people of the Book, our objective is to see things as God sees them, as they truly are. How does one accomplish this task? The only way I know is through Scripture.
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  # The Man of Feeling
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Henry Mackenzie
  
  
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  EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION
  
  
  AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION
  
  
  CHAPTER XI {16}—ON BASHFULNESS.—A CHARACTER.—
  
  
  HIS OPINION ON THAT SUBJECT
  
  
  CHAPTER XII—OF WORLDLY INTERESTS
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII—THE MAN OF FEELING IN LOVE
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV—HE SETS OUT ON HIS JOURNEY—THE
  
  
  BEGGAR AND HIS DOG
  
  
  CHAPTER XIX—HE MAKES A SECOND EXPEDITION TO THE
  
  
  BARONET'S. THE LAUDABLE AMBITION OF A YOUNG MAN TO BE THOUGHT
  
  
  SOMETHING BY THE WORLD
  
  
  CHAPTER XX—HE VISITS BEDLAM.—THE DISTRESSES OF
  
  
  A DAUGHTER
  
  
  CHAPTER XXI—THE MISANTHROPE
  
  
  CHAPTER XXV—HIS SKILL IN PHYSIOGNOMY
  
  
  CHAPTER XXVI—FRUITS OF THE DEAD SEA
  
  
  CHAPTER XXVII—HIS SKILL IN PHYSIOGNOMY IS
  
  
  DOUBTED
  
  
  CHAPTER XXVIII—HE KEEPS HIS APPOINTMENT
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIX—THE DISTRESSES OF A FATHER
  
  
  CHAPTER XXXIII—HE LEAVES LONDON—CHARACTERS IN
  
  
  A STAGE-COACH
  
  
  CHAPTER XXXIV—HE MEETS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE
  
  
  CHAPTE