In Touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley.

Next on In Touch, the downward path to a broken life.

Well, I continually meet people who are miserable in life.

They come from all walks of life. Some of them are rich,

some of them are poor. Some of them dress well. Some of them don't dress quite as well.

Some of them have real standing in their jobs. Some of them at the bottom of the rung, the latter. And some live in small, insignificant places, and others live in very fancy homes.

Some have many degrees, some have none at all.

But they all have one thing in common.

They're miserable.

If you ask them why they can't tell you, they

just know that they are. And not only are they miserable, they don't know how to get out

of the misery. They feel stuck, so to almost glued to where they are, and at the same time they hate it.

Well, that's true of more people than you and I would like to think exist.

They don't know how they ended up there, and worse than that, they don't know how to get out.

They just find themselves there, and they wonder, what did I do to get here?

And they're angry, oftentimes, feel broken, don't feel like anybody cares.

Feel empty and worthless and just living a day at a time.

And no matter what they have or don't have, you put this whole group together and you

may see a change of clothing or place that they live or what they drive.

But if you laid all their hearts out, they'll be the same.

Miserable in their existence.

Some of them had two wives or three husbands or whatever, from one job to the other.

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