I am so tired of feeling so empty, lost and without a purpose. Tonight all I want to do is cut. A christian is not supposed to feel like this, hurt this bad. :o
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Sweetie,
You're wrong about Christians feeling like cutting, empty, etc. Christians experience the very same emotions and experience the same temptations as unbelievers. That is because of some Truths from God's Word. Scripture says we are tempted, and wrestle with sin. Read Romans 7. The Apostle Paul struggled with sin, and writes about it. King David was called the "Apple of God's Eye," in the Bible, yet he seduced Bathsheba, and had her husband killed when she became pregnant with his child.
The big difference between Christians and unbelievers is the strength that is available to us to help us resist temptation. When we became Christians, God began to indwell us in the form of the Holy Spirit. He helps us resist temptation, and counsels us with comfort from the Lord. Also Scripture tells us that Jesus was tempted in every way we are, yet was without sin. He understands us more than we can comprehend.
When I was feeling the way you are, I would read, and reread Psalm 139. That Psalm always reminds me of how precious I am to God.
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Christians do feel like that. I think about Job and the Psalms...Basically Job and David are basically having a rant at God about why things are bad for them...I think they stuck it out in the end and that's what we have to do.
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