Is there any hope?

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Is there any hope for me? I really feel like i can't go on anymore. I left Christ 4 years a go and began to have a relationship with someone who didn't believe what i believe. For the past 4 years i have lived with guilt knowing this man is not for me, but yet I couldn't let go of him. The guilt of being with someone that was not a believer has haunt me, but yet i put it aside.

I lived with Pete for the past year and after having a lot of problems in the relationship, he finally told me that he needed a break. The thought of me being the last woman he slept with scared him. He wanted a break to go sleep around and come back when he was ready to marry me.
Of course i said no. I had to move out of his place and in desperation i took the first thing that was set before me. A place next to his. I signed a lease and now i'm stuck here for the next 6 months.

While i was with him i quit going to church and began to smoke. I have been smoking off and on through these past 4 years and I've also done things that i never thought i would do.
I feel disgusted with myself.
I'm hurt because i still love him deeply and the worst part of it all is that i see him everyday.

I feel so alone. All my friends (childhood , christian friends) stopped talking to me because i was leaving in sin. I have a couple of friends that are not christian. They have beeen supporting me the only way they know. "Go out, meet other guys", " it's alright to sleep with them, because it helps with the pain" so on and so forth.

I know that doing those things is getting myself in a bigger mess. So i can't follow their advice.

I really feel like such a hypocrite coming back to Christ only because i feel the way i feel.
I don't trust myself. I want to go back to God because my first true love was God but I don't feel right.

When i was a little girl i would pray for that special someone to come to my life. I always prayed for a man that loved God above everything. Somehow i got tired of waiting and gave in to my worse nightmare.
I thought this man could change ( even though i knew that he wouldn't) I really thought he could love me, and i even thought i could bring him to Christ. (believe me, i knew this was almost imposible)

I'm struggling with the cigarette addiction now. I know i'm hurting myself and i want to quit.
I also want to quit thinking of Pete because he has done nothing but hurt me. I'm scared...i'm scared that i'll go back to Christ and Pete comes back (like he has in the past) and i will leave Christ again and go follow Pete.
I also wonder what if this is my last chance? What if this is the only chance God is giving me?

I'm scared that in my loneliness and desire to be loved, i will fall for another person who doesn't fear God and I will leave the Lord again.

I was such a great girl before i met Pete.

The other night i read all these letters that i wrote to God when i was growing up. I really thought i loved the Lord.
What happened to me? What have i done with that great girl?
What if Pete never said those things? I know i would've stayed with him.
I feel like i can't face the Lord because deep down in my heart i want Pete to come back .
I only want to come back home to Lord because i'm alone and heartbroken...not from a sincere heart.

Where is that love that i felt for God growing up? Did i not mean it? was it all fake?
I really just want to curl up and sleep. I want God to take me because i'm afraid of what i'm capable of doing if i continue to follow my emotions.

Sorry this is long. I really needed to vent.
 

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The short answer to your question... yes, there is hope. There always is hope.


To expand...
Say you have a fight with your parents and you completely shut them out of your life because you are angry and you do not want to listen to them. Does this make you any less their daughter? (the answer is no. You are still their daughter)

There was a story that Jesus told about a man and his two sons. One of these sons, when he reached a certain age, wanted to go out and see the world. There were likely angry words shared, and the son asked for his inheritance (which more or less means "you are dead to me!"), and then he leaves his father's house and lives a life of pleasure in a distant land.

This young lad is happy for a while, for the time that he still has money. He has a lot of friends, he parties nearly every night, and he has what many call the good life. But then when he ran out of money, his friends left him and he found himself confused, and was forced to work like a slave on a pig farm. And his bed was with the pigs, which is a pretty low place to be (especially to a Jew, who did not eat pig meat).

He started to dream of returning to his father's house as a servant. His father was good to his servants. So he went on his way, memorizing what he would say in begging for his father to take him in as a servant.

His father, meanwhile, was watching for him day by day, and when he saw him, ran out to him, threw his arms around him (although he likely still reeked of pig manure - disgusting, unclean, and DEFINITELY unkosher). He re-inherited the young man as his son, and threw a big feast for him.

That is how God is with us whenever we come back to Him after being estranged. There is DEFINITELY hope for you... Welcome back to the fold.
 
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And you know what? You are how you are right now - and that's EXACTLY how God wants you to come to him.

We're not supposed to try to fix ourselves, because we can't fix ourselves - that is the reason that Jesus was sent to earth to live sinless and die on the cross - so that horrid sinners like us would be forgiven. As for that being your last chance with God...

Matthew 18:
21 Then Peter approaching asked him, "Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?"
22 Jesus answered, "I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.

In other words, this is far more than your only chance with God. God has instructed us to do as He does - forgive, forgive, forgive. It doesn't matter how bad you are or were - you can NEVER be so bad that God can't forgive you, because God is more powerful than any sins we can commit.

I feel like i can't face the Lord because deep down in my heart i want Pete to come back .
I only want to come back home to Lord because i'm alone and heartbroken...not from a sincere heart.

It's only natural for that to happen, and God knows that as well. I also know that God is far more powerful than Pete, so He's not bound by any longing you still have for Pete. God accepts us as we are - the good, the bad, and the worst, and God changes what He wants to change inside us.

I really feel like such a hypocrite coming back to Christ only because i feel the way i feel.
I don't trust myself. I want to go back to God because my first true love was God but I don't feel right.

And if that makes you a hypocrite, then what happens? What happens is that God still wants you back.

I was such a great girl before i met Pete.

You were a sinner then, and you are a sinner now, and God wants the sinners for Himself. God is our spiritual doctor, and doctors operate on the sick, not the healthy. You can be the most spiritually sick person on earth, but you will never, ever be too sick for God to accept.

I am keeping you in prayer.
 
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Yes, there certainly is hope!

Lamentations 3:22-23... His mercies [/love] is new every morning. That's every single new day. Yesterday is gone now. Today is completely new!!!! :clap:

Who wants us to dwell on the sin we've done and keep us feeling unworthy of God's love etc? Our enemy - who goes around like a roaring lion seeking who he may devour (1 Peter 5:8). God wants us free and to turn back to Him asap! We don't feel like we can. We don't feel like we can even start to ask for God's forgiveness - how dare we after we've done all those bad things... right? Well that's not how God is at all. He longs for us to return to Him.

Jesus left the 99 sheep to go and find the lost one. He went to go and find you Jess!

But let me tell you possibly the hardest part. You are going to have to stop seeing Pete. It's going to be very hard, believe me... And I'm sure you know that already. You are going to think about him probably every day for possibly months... but trust me... it will get easier as time goes on. But you must be strong.

Listen, this guy is not a good influence on your life. How would the relationship be a few years down the road if you ever married him? I'm sorry but I don't see it as being too good, and none of us here want you in that situation. He's not a Christian so he doesn't have the mind of Christ or the conscience / morals that go with making that decision.

If there's any advice I ask you to take and act on... it's to not contact this guy. Even if he comes back saying everything's going to be different etc etc. Please be strong. For you. Like I said it will be hard. But ask God for His strength. Ask God to send you friends and people around you who will understand and build you up. Keeping busy doing something helps too.

You ask where has your love for God gone? It's still there. Otherwise you wouldn't be so upset about it now. But your life has taken a bit of a detour, yet God can use even the last 4 years for His glory. God can repay you for the years the locusts have eaten. But you have your part to play in getting close to Him, and trusting Him once again to bring that Godly man to come into your life.

God has promised to never (that means never ever ever!) leave you of forsake you. His love doesn't fail. So He's waiting for you to go back to Him. This may sound hard, but don't be so upset about losing Pete as much as being joyful about another chance again with God! Yes, we all want to be loved by someone special and I understand when you are saying about not being sincere. Maybe you want God to fix things up between you Pete?! Well, I don't know if God will do that (I doubt it from what you have said)... But I know that God does have your best in mind. Trust God for that and He will reward you when you seek Him. Don't let satan rob you of more of your life, and the plans that God has for you which are beyond our dreams.

God bless

Gregged
 
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I really just want to curl up and sleep. I want God to take me because i'm afraid of what i'm capable of doing if i continue to follow my emotions.

Jess... If I can tell you something else from what I have learned through my own personal situations... What you are saying is very much like depression. Wanting to sleep. Wanting God to take you. I've been there. I've come through! Yes, I've come through! :clap: (definitely with God's help!)

Depression is like a spirit which is tormenting you. But God has the answer... And you find it in Isaiah 61:3... "God has given us the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness / despair." Get yourself a good praise CD if you don't have any and when you are feeling in the depths of depression, press play!!! And praise God! But let me tell you... pressing that play button is again very hard when you are in the depths of it, but it will only do you good.

Keep walking with God and trusting Him. Ask Him EACH DAY for His strength. There are some things in the Bible we must do EACH DAY - and prayer is one of them. And I'm learning that more myself right now. But ask for His strength and His Holy Spirit DAILY.

Jude 1:24 To Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy—
 
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If you know the Lord is calling to your heart, then you are very blessed, because many might even sit in church and not realise their need of the Lord. :thumbsup:

Here is a verse for you...
James 4:8
"Come near to God and He will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners,and purify your hearts, you who are double minded."

I will be praying for you.:)
 
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Hey...if there is hope for me, then there is definitely hope for you! :)

God will take you back. He isn't like humans who never trust again and hold grudges. Just confess to Him the things you've confessed to us here and allow Him back into your heart. You are NOT alone....many people who grew up Christian and loved God/Christ with all their heart have done EXACTLY the same things you've mentioned here.

and of course....you're definitely welcome here on the CF. There's some awesome people here who will accept you no matter what your past has been.

God Bless!

HC
 
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If you know the Lord is calling to your heart, then you are very blessed, because many might even sit in church and not realise their need of the Lord. :thumbsup:

I agree....I think that this feeling deep inside you, is the first step back.

Trust in God that he will forgive (He is waiting on you) and He will bring you a 'suitable' partner. Never give up hope. :angel:

I'll send some prayers your way.:pray:
 
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Hon, you have to make the ultimate decision - trust God to bring you a good christian guy or not trust God and choose whatever seems good to you.

That's really what it boils down to.

(and choosing God you take the risk of remaining single for years and years in the interim while he works on you before placing you in a relationship)

God will forgive you (he'll forgive anyone anything), but if you won't trust him in this area then you won't end up staying in the church long-term, just like you did this time. Simply because it's his way or the highway. You have to put him before everything else or you can't follow him.

Matt 10:37
He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;



If it's any comfort, it's a challenge many christians face and many fail and end up losing their faith as a result.


If you choose God, he promises never to leave or forsake you and to be with you for eternity. That's much better then any promise another human being can give you.
 
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Jesus Christ is your hope. Regardess of your past: You're a righteous indivdual in God's eyes through Jesus's sacrifice. When you repent of your sins, God not only forgives them, he forgets them too. Wisdom at its core is reverence for God. So for you to have left Christ out of your life for a period of time was something foolish to do. Your most wise decision that you can make is to bring God back into your life. He'll have you if you let him.
 
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