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I'm So Lost

Kat13Rid

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I'm not sure how to start with this, so I'll start, I guess, with when my life started falling apart.

Less than a year ago, I was dismissed from the university I was attending after my first year there. I managed to survive the summer ok, but when school started again, I was alone in this seemingly new world living with my parents again, and driving to school everyday.

I stopped going to church, my home church was two and a half hours away at the university I had attended. The church I attended growing up had nothing for me, so I rarely attended. When I went up and visited, I didn't even go. I am an introvert, so that attributed to part of the issue, the other issue was that my boyfriend at the time, stopped going for reasons unknown to me. So we never went.

Around Christmas, we had kind of talked about it, he was saying that he wasn't going because he didn't have many friends there, and he wasn't really enjoying it, almost as if it had turned into a chore to him. Which I can understand how it had, because he had to be there every Thursday and Sunday, to work the Events and Hospitality team.

A couple of months ago, he broke up with me, telling me that it was something he felt he needed to do, despite the fact he still loved me, and didn't want to do it. At this point, we had seriously talked about our future together, about graduating school and everything, and several days before breaking up with me, he had admitted to a mutual friend that he wanted to marry me.
He told me that he had had doubts as far back as sometime mid fall, and that lately, he had been seriously thinking about what he wanted in a wife saying that I was "almost exactly" what he was looking for.

By this point, he was the last thing I had that truly made me happy, we had almost completely forgotten about God and gone our own way. Which I see as probably the biggest reason this didn't work out.

I have been crying at least once a week since then. Not because he broke up with me, but because I lost my best friend, and the only person on the earth that I could talk to about anything. Also, because I only have one other person to talk to, about any of this. Nobody else.
That one other person isn't available all the time like he was though, which makes it even tougher. I'm in this world, dealing with everything, by myself.

For the past week or so, I haven't been feeling well, not like a sick not feeling well, but like a gut feeling sort of thing; That this is not how this ends, this is not how it goes.
I feel like, if we can get back on track with God, and work on it together, we can fix both our lives, and perhaps even get back together. Which at first, seemed to me like a fairy tale, and now to him, seems like something that would never happen, despite the fact he still cares about me, and still loves me. (which just confuses me a little if he's pushed me away.)

My friend and I were talking today, and I knew I was lost, but I didn't realize how lost I was. She told me I could talk to God, but when I talk, I want an almost instantaneous response, and seeing as how He'd be the only one I would be talking to, that wouldn't work for me. I need other people, but have no one.
When talking to her, I realized, that I don't know anything, I don't know how to pray, I don't know how to talk to Him, I don't know what I'm looking for as a response. I don't know my Father......

With my home church being two and a half hours away, along with anyone I could possibly feel comfortable talking to. I come here, looking for support and guidance, in a world where I am alone, and afraid.
 
You've mentioned church many times---But no reference to repenting of your sins and receiving Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and Lord---So let's discuss that first.

Happy
 
Oh, that never even crossed my mind, sorry. (I didn't even put that in my intro post. Oops.)

I was, as many people are, baptized as an infant.
About six or seven years ago, I attended a church camp, and truely of my own will, accepted Christ the last night there.
 
Spend time with the Lord!! Read the Bible and just pray to him, say whats on your mind and heart when you pray, don't hide anything from him, he is an understanding God. He loves more then anyone/anything in this world and wants to be with you!
 
Oh, that never even crossed my mind, sorry. (I didn't even put that in my intro post. Oops.)

I was, as many people are, baptized as an infant.
About six or seven years ago, I attended a church camp, and truely of my own will, accepted Christ the last night there.

That's wonderful---Praise the Lord!---I read that your home church is 2 1/2 hrs away---But the beautiful thing about being in the family of God is that you have brothers and sisters of the faith pretty much anywhere you go---What steps have you taken toward developing your faith, and discipleship and general growth as a Christian---You took a step of faith and posted up here---That shows some growth----It is difficult when you are separated from someone you feel secure with and can really open up to----Now you need to believe that you can commune with the Lord in the very same way and He will comfort your heart---Develop your life in the things of the Lord and He will add to your life all the things that are necessary for you to be joyful and fulfilled.

Happy
 
I read the Bible every day, but other than that, I don't really know what else to do.
All this is made harder by the fact that I don't have anyone to talk to about this... :'(
 
Dear Kat13Rid Have you ever gone to a store,without your money<You know, you buy what you need,go to pay for it and oops,I forgot my money?

Many of us sister go out in life forgeting who we are in God now,the pains of life,and those things around cause us to forget something we first remembered we had!

1. Kat you are always loved!! espically when you do not feel as though you are! Psalm 103:11-17 next,sometimes we forget who we are now! Isaiah 41:9-13! directly to you from the Lord in me!

Next we need direction,those who seek direction in the Lord, my sister will always find direction from the Lord!! Matt 7:7 never are you forgotton or ever forsaken! Deaut 31:6 and Hebrews 13:5-6 I show you scripture so you will not believe me,but Jesus himself, in his very Word to you!

Now in all of this we look for peace! Peace of both mind and body,because lets face it!! It is tough out there! yesJohn 14:27 is for you as well.and know this, beyond all of this!! Why sister Kat!! God chose YOU!!( John 15:16)

For it is by us sister that Jesus uses us to show those who are in our present state, hope! Jesus can only do this,if he brings this same hope unto you,and yes peace through this hope. You are not lost my sister!! You just think that you are.This the enemy would do to you because he is the very father of all lies!! ( John 8:44) and a thief!! John 10:10 he is it who looks to rob what you did have before in Jesus!

But now sister Kat through Gods very own words which you see for yourself!! HOPE!! is restored unto you,you just needed some love in Jesus from another! Do seek out a Church,we here are always willing to encourge and help if needed!

If I can help you further in your walk, you my call upon me at any time in a messege, I will always write you back! It is not easy being us dear sister!! BUT!! it is always!! right!! amen!Blessing and much joy be measured unto you!
 
They say God will never let you go through more than you can handle.
The problem is he has a much higher opinion of you than you do.

I came to Christ because of the same type of pain you are going through.It felt like hooks in the stomach and occasional knife stabs in the heart.Everything I saw and heard reminded me of my missing one.I couldn't listen to music without seeing their face.I couldn't stop wondering what they were doing at that moment.Even when I felt good I wanted to share the moment with them but they were not there so the cycle started again.

You need to escape that pain cycle by replacing the image of the missing loved one with the words of Jesus.You need to saturate yourself with scripture.The four Gospels and the book of acts did that for me.Any scripture pertaining to the Holy Spirit I found to be the most powerful for holding back the pain.

You have begun an awesome journey.
God will bless your path.After all he must have a very high opinion of you.
 
I just want to thank you all so much.
You have helped me more in one week than anyone has in the past two months.

And thanks to the use of the handy search function and some digging, I have reinforced my stance on him using doubt as one of the reasons.
 
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