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Recent content by Nathan1

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    Have been lost my whole life.

    Thank you for the welcome Deade. I went to your profile and couldn't find your homepage. Would be interested in reading your book.
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    Have been lost my whole life.

    Thank you for the reply, farouk. I have reached out to family and friends and the internet and have read many verses of scripture and at this point they just seem like words that logically I can comprehend, but the FEELING just is not there. There has always been a sense of disconnect from life...
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    Have been lost my whole life.

    Childeye 2, Thank you again. That last part about not giving a stone when asking for bread requires faith that God will provide. Clearly I have never had much faith. Is faith something that is acquired over time with persistance? At this age, having had very little faith (or any) I just am...
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    Have been lost my whole life.

    Thank you for the thorough and thoughtful reply. I understand what you are saying from a logical point of view. I understand what my sister said to me today in our hours long chat. But the FEELING of faith or how to get it just is not there. I just feel so disconnected from that source energy or...
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    Have been lost my whole life.

    Thank you for the reply Inagony. I hate that anyone has to suffer. But I feel guilty for even posting here as it seems like a "poor-me pitty party" that nobody wants to hear. And why would they? I made this mess of my life...no matter how many times I tried to rationalize that it was external...
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    Have been lost my whole life.

    At Your Footstool, Thank you for replying. I am not trying to come across as rude or anything, but I think if you read the original post/introduction you'll get a sense of my relationship with God. I have mostly ignored the teachings related to Christianity, faith, etc most of my life because...
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    Have been lost my whole life.

    Just want to add: I don't know if I have ever really understood what "love" actually is. It's like I am just some sort of consumer of the material world who eats and drinks to sustain this body. Looking back I can see how selfish I have been and while I may do something nice for somebody, I am...
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    Have been lost my whole life.

    Thank you for the welcome, Basil the Great.
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    Have been lost my whole life.

    Hello forum, I am 44 years old and in a worse situation than I have been in in my entire life. I was raised in the baptist church and made a public profession of faith at 8 years old out of fear of going to hell, not because I "felt Jesus" or whatever people say motivates them to believe and...