No Boundaries

pinkputter · #1 28th June 2009, 05:58 PM

Okay, here goes...

I don't know how to put everything into one thread. God has placed a lot on my heart lately. I titled it "no boundaries" because of the latest American Idol song that winner Kris Allen sang.

"...seconds, hours, so many days. You know what you want but how long can you wait?
Here i am, still holdin' on.
Every step, you climb another mountain.
They take you by the hand, and show you that you can.
There are no boundaries.

What if today is as good as it gets? Don't know where the future's headin' - nothin's gonna bring me down.

I've jumped every bridge. And i've heard every lie.
I've risked bein' safe, but i always know why. I always know Why...

You can go higher, you can go deeper. There are no boundaries, above and beneath you.
There's nothing between you and your dreams."

Okay i admit, as cheesy as the song is, (especially the "grandiose" melody) it is powerful and i have been moved by it personally.

But how this relates to life personally...is What God's plan for us is???

I have been praying for God to reveal to me...and for some things, HE HAS. He is a faithful God. "Knock and the door shall be opened unto you," say the Lord.

BUT...and this is a big "but."

"I'm just a girl..."

Do any of the rest of you, sisters, feel this way?
Being a single young lady in this world is down-right tough stuff. Doing things on your own- i mean some times i just don't feel safe in certain public places. Even those of you married, at work and times you can't be with your husband all the time...do you ever feel no matter how strong or independent, being a woman in public just isn't a safe situation to be in?

And this is just in the day-to-day. God's plan is bigger than what happens on the day to day...

It's also a lonely world when you are the only one in your family who is a "believer."

I have been wondering/hurting over this issue for a long time. Our society is set up to where family greatly impacts you. And that's great, awesome, wonderful...it's just, for whatever reason i am the only one in my family. And clinging onto my Faith, and fighting the good fight is tiring...alone.

I'm a single white female......yeah like that silly country song.

Our society doesn't support that.
I have prayed for my husband. My therapist (who is Christian and a great person) flat out told me, "you are not going to have a boyfriend while you live here."
no, he is not prophetic. he just knows. i have to live here, in this town in the U.S.. to finish my undergrad. I have looked. I have prayed. My husband is not here.

Like i said...the goodness of the Lord has revealed many things, but one thing He has not revealed to me is why i am supposed to live life this way...
I feel the enemy like a stalker...i feel it the same kind of paranoia a victim of a stalker feels. the enemy is so close and litterally has tried to stop me from praying. tried to stop me from listening to up-lifting music that glorifies Our Father. It's just gotten a little much to handle.
A little much for a single girl without a family of believers to support her to feel.

I long for my husband who can protect me. Though I pray every night for protection, and God gives me that every day...Thank you, God!!

I NEED Jesus...more and more. But He is not here.
I get disrespect and pity. But not compassion.
I know who i want to talk to. But can't. who am i to complain when they are going through similar struggles?

What am i to do with myself....................

NoviceExpert · #2 28th June 2009, 06:39 PM

Dont Give Up

pinkputter · #3 28th June 2009, 07:28 PM

Originally Posted by NoviceExpert

Dont Give Up

thanks, brother

pinkputter · #4 28th June 2009, 07:55 PM

It's a constant battle and the fighting wears on me. Trying to be a productive servant for the Lord...combating lies you know aren't true...but not having the One Who can tell you what's next, here. (JESUS).

Am i really being productive or do i need to let God in more so He can show me what is next?

It's difficult to know...

Elijah2 · #5 28th June 2009, 08:13 PM

My dear sister, i read exactly the same sort of thread written by a man looking for a soul mate. Maybe our Lord Jesus Christ is saying your soul mate is on this fourm?

Keep searching and don't give up!

Blessings

Daughter of His · #6 28th June 2009, 08:13 PM

One thing is for sure. The Holy Spirit is with you and will never leave you. You may be the very one that is responsible for every member of your family becoming believers, one at a time. Sometimes it's nothing we say but how we live our lives and Christ's light shines through us.

for you--I say you're awesome and really no one knows when and who God will send you a man that is the perfect hand picked match for you. I'll be praying it's soon!

pinkputter · #7 28th June 2009, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by Elijah2

My dear sister, i read exactly the same sort of thread written by a man looking for a soul mate. Maybe our Lord Jesus Christ is saying your soul mate is on this fourm?

Keep searching and don't give up!

Blessings

lololololol....dunno about that one.

i appreciate your optimism.. and thanks..that was encouraging!

it would be a little too ironic if it was.
but yes Our God has who we r meant to be with in mind. I know, without any hesitation, it is who i am meant to be with and he with me and there will be no hard feelings.. keeping the Faith is how we reach any destination He has for us.
Blessings to you dear brother

pinkputter · #8 28th June 2009, 08:22 PM

Originally Posted by Daughter of His

One thing is for sure. The Holy Spirit is with you and will never leave you. You may be the very one that is responsible for every member of your family becoming believers, one at a time. Sometimes it's nothing we say but how we live our lives and Christ's light shines through us. for you--I say you're awesome and really no one knows when and who God will send you a man that is the perfect hand picked match for you. I'll be praying it's soon!

Thanks that is so sweet and i appreciate it more than i can say really.. it's just.. the more i live, the more i see things are black and white.
As a friend and mentor of mine once said:

[FONT='Segoe UI','sans-serif']"Given what he believes, no words of yours could persuade him. However, your living prayer of quietly suffering (without correcting his misperceptions) will be the Holy Spirit's means of transforming this man's soul. And if he would (let's hope not) reject that transformation, how could your attempts at correcting him by your methods succeed where the Holy Spirit couldn't?"[/font]
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[FONT='Segoe UI','sans-serif']so i continue to pray- thank you and God bless always~[/font]

pinkputter · #9 28th June 2009, 08:42 PM

how do people live without GOD???!??? honestly....

He is SO good....

ANM29 · #10 28th June 2009, 08:46 PM

Oh Sister,

Let God be your all in all, that is what he wants. He wants you to long for him the way you long for an earthly spouse..

There is more I could say, but I will just say you seem to be on the right path and I know God is leading you into green pastures..But, look to him to fill ALL voids in your life.