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[lauralc]

I really need some help as I am losing my faith in God. Here I am 25, almost 26. I never finished highschool because I quit school because of people teasing me. I have never had a job. I'm lucky my parents are very supportive of me financially. Because of extremely low self-esteem I've struggled in alot of things... not just school. I've never been on a date, never had a boyfriend, nothing. I have prated solidly for almost 9 years for a change and nothing. I have tried myself... believe me, I have. I got a job, but I was afraid people would begin to make fun of me so I quit within the first week. I tried going back to school through online programs but even then, I felt overwhelmed and didn't complete the program.

All I want in life is to quit worrying about what others think of me, finish school, get a job, and one day be married and have a family of my own. I feel like I am running out of time.

Praying for so long, and thinking of all the tears I've shed... I'm beginning to think everything I have been doing is a waste of time and that is all unreal.

I really need help and fast.

 

[SpiritLedEd]

Laurelc, I sent you a P.M. a few moments ago with an idea as to how I might help. Are there other girls your age in your church? Being willing to share your pain with one or two other people in the same age bracket will help. Have you done that?

Spirit Led Ed (SLE)

 

[Maureen]

Dear sister lauralc
I can call you that cause that you are by God's reckoning.
It is a marvelous thing to belong to God's family, they are there to help you, make use of them, they will be only too happy to help if they can.

It is wise advise from Ed I do hope you will find your place in His family, just hang on, dont give up, dont quit, easy words for me to say lauralc Im not in your shoes, but I do know good times and bad times in my life also, we use these bad times to learn patience to wait, we learn much in them times, as when all is going good, we tend to sail along with the breeze and not notice or take much on board.

I dont want to be heavy, I really dont know how else to lighten your burden on to say, as God's family we care for each other, you'll find that out if you confide in them.

I pray all will be better, the sun will shine, just wait on it and Him, for His promise is true, 'The hand of God is for good to them that look to Him' Amen.

 

[eddieb]

what is your faith in? you speak about all these problems and anxieties, which we are to cast upon the Lord. submit them to him. let him deal with them.
i know thats not the snap a finger and all is well. you also spoke about how all you want in life is....
i got a lot of things i want in life. and i am waiting. for things he told me he would bring to pass. right now in life i can easily say i have nothing and become discouraged. this is when my eyes are fixed on temporal things and not on the eternal promises, not on Him. when my heart is set on this world, which will pass.
bottom line is we are not our own. and he is righteous to say what happens and when. it isnt easy being a christian. he keeps telling me, be content with food and clothes. count your blessings one by one. and when you count them with a greatful heart peace comes and the list keeps getting longer. at first the list seems short. but you keep going and a day, maybe a week, the list grows.


The Lord has been showing me to look at things differently. the glass is half full. it always has something in it. for instance what you said about never being on a date. when you do meet the special someone that will be precious to your mate. trust me, i am a guy.

set your eyes on Jesus, and count your blessings one by one.

Psa 16:5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

there is always something in the glass/cup.

 

[Emily Ruth]

You sound so much like how I used to be. Not the circumstances but in the crying out and feeling like God wasn't listening. I finally realized that we never lose our faith it is just that we lose sight of who we have our faith in. Far too long we have our faith in ourselves and our own understanding rather than putting our faith completely in Him and being content in all things.

While God will meet us where we are, we have to receive Him on His terms, not ours. The Bible is consistent from beginning to end -
From tree to tree
and garden to garden
it is a love story about God's offer of unconditional love and us receiving it or trying to put conditions on it and thereby never recognizing His love when it is there all along.

The story of the man by the well threw the lights on for me and I finally understood and I hope it helps you too.

John 5
<sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-26202">1</sup>Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-26203">2</sup>Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-26204">3</sup>Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-26205">5</sup>One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-26206">6</sup>When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?" <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-26207">7</sup>"Sir," the invalid replied, "I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me."
<sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-26208">8</sup>Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-26209">9</sup>At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.

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I had become comfortable in my troubles. I was afraid of change.
It is a common human condition.

Trust Him. Take His hand and know that He will heal your spirit in ways that you can not imagine.

Praying for our Father to touch your spirit in a way that you will have no doubts.

 

[lettheredeemed]

I really need some help as I am losing my faith in God. Here I am 25, almost 26. I never finished highschool because I quit school because of people teasing me. I have never had a job. I'm lucky my parents are very supportive of me financially. Because of extremely low self-esteem I've struggled in alot of things... not just school. I've never been on a date, never had a boyfriend, nothing. I have prated solidly for almost 9 years for a change and nothing. I have tried myself... believe me, I have. I got a job, but I was afraid people would begin to make fun of me so I quit within the first week. I tried going back to school through online programs but even then, I felt overwhelmed and didn't complete the program.

All I want in life is to quit worrying about what others think of me, finish school, get a job, and one day be married and have a family of my own. I feel like I am running out of time.

Praying for so long, and thinking of all the tears I've shed... I'm beginning to think everything I have been doing is a waste of time and that is all unreal.

I really need help and fast.

Laura,

What is that you are expecting from God that you think that He is not giving to you that would cause you to lose faith in Him?

 

[Maureen]

To be 26yrs old nearly is still young, dont think time is 'running out' oh dear, that's sad, tomorrow isnt promised to any of us, so we must live one day at a time, live in the moment, dont hurry on to tomorrow, today.

Matthew 6 v 34
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

 

[lizabe]

Dear Lauralc
I discern your problem is very low self esteem which you need help with.
I am a counsellor and im willing to help you to get thru the layers of this
problem God willing..
Meanwhile pray and ask God to pour out HIS love and joy into your heart
to get you ready to face life courageously.

Sincerely LIZABE