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I would just say that I can identify with grieving for a lost childhood. I am still waiting for that healing from God.

I too grew up in a poor home. I didn't have the stuff that the other kids had. For a long time, as an adult, I thought I needed money to prove to other people that I was worth something. I overspent and got myself into debt as a result. In the last year or two, I've dealt with the shame inside...

Your expectations are correct. The last one is the most important: she won't fix you up completely. You have to do that part. She merely facilitates your personal changing and growth process. The amount is success you have depends on how willing you are to "go through the eye of the storm"...

I too started with my life in a complete mess. Since becoming a Christian 12 years ago, I found I had to adjust my expectations of what God will and won't do in my lifeI used to think he would fix everything. But, eventually I realized that things weren't going to get fixed unless I did...

The point is tithing is too darn expensive for the majority of us who weren't blessed with upper-class incomes. It is a luxury, like country club membership. Unless of course God can prove that there is a good return on investment and that I am getting some value for my dollars, in which case I...

Yes, thank you Breanna. People (including the tiny, wrinkled ones) are always more important than questions of morality.

What an awful situation. I prayed for you right here at my desk at work. Just wanted you to know that there are real people out here that care.

That's exactly the problem. He is already out of his feelings. And they are intense and painful ones. They don't go away just because you pray or are "in faith" more. They stay repressed in our bodies until we release them, and affect our entire outlook and well-being as long as they are in...

I hear you. I've been through a dark time recently as well, and I totally know how it feels - like a dark mist swirling around you. You doubt God, others, and yourself. You wonder if things will ever get better. You wonder why you are feeling this way and feeling so alone when others seem to...

Actually, he will cause things to work out for the best anyway, even if we're not good boys and girls, because he's like that. Our feelings, BTW, are essential parts of us, and should not be dismissed or discounted, but felt and respected, whether they are pointing God-wards at the moment or...

Just pray when you darn well feel like it. He usually works in his time and his way regardless of your prayer. God will always be there, and so will you.

Not necessarily. For a long time, I thought I had messed up big time and married the wrong person. You see, when I fell in love with my future wife, it was for her personality and who she is on the inside. I actually thought that to even have physical attractiveness be a factor in choosing who...

I don't tithe. We gave regularly to the church we went to, and it was a lot of money (for us) but not 10%. Last year, I lost my job. I asked the church for financial help to get through the crisis. The pastor let me know clearly that I was less deserving of the church's help, since many of the...

Have you seen the price of formula lately?

Easy. Just love them. Have a big and open enough heart to show that you love and care about them under all circumstances. Show them that you think they are more important than any bad life decisions or mistakes they have made. That would be the best witness you could possibly be, and also the...

Yes. As one thing I read on suicide puts it, you feel suicidal when you have more pain than you can cope with and release. Life is often painful, and some of that pain can be old pain you've carried around since childhood. In western civilisation, we are not taught how to cope with pain. Most...

My mother had (and has) schizophrenia while I was growing up. Needless to say, she was not able to be there for me and my brother as a mother should. That (and other things) basically wrecked my life and left me angry, depressed, and dysfunctional when I reached adulthood. How have I dealt...

Yes, I totally agree with you bro. I've got to that point recently myself too - the point of total disillusionment with most of the rest of the body of Christ, at least as far as I have experienced here in America. To me, it seems like Christians live in a "thought ghetto", an invisible sheep...

Yes he did. That's how I ended up with my wife in the first place :) In fact, this week it will be 10 years since we met, and to celebrate we're going back there for the weekend, sans kids :) I wouldn't really care if she checked out other men. If she flirted I'd have a problem though, but I...

I look at other women all the time, probably more than I should (been married 9 years). The way I see it is that if God didn't want me to look at them, he wouldn't have made them so gosh darn beautiful! I do feel guilty about it sometimes though, but can't help it. I love my wife as much as ever...