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Faith IS trusting that God has abundant plans for your life. But will you only accept abundance on your terms? Keep yourself open to abundance and I find being grateful for the blessings I already have help me when I feel like I'm getting the short end of the blessings stick, if you know what I mean.Sorry but 8 years alone, after putting my goals on hold, after supporting my ex though hers, after supporting and raising my step kids like my own, and having it all ripped away for whatever reason she had, she never told me, having survived swine flu, legionaries disease and a number of others, I think I've been through enough, where simply asking God for happiness doesn't seem like it's too much to ask for.
I have a hard time believing that abundance equals a lack of companionship.Faith IS trusting that God has abundant plans for your life. But will you only accept abundance on your terms? Keep yourself open to abundance and I find being grateful for the blessings I already have help me when I feel like I'm getting the short end of the blessings stick, if you know what I mean.
I already have, several times. I get that I am nobody and nothing and who am I to question what God does. If I am indeed supposed to live alone for the rest of my life, I have no choice, but I would like to know why...because I know I'm going to hate it. That and Job was given everything back 10 fold. I've been where I am for almost 10 years and for what?Read the book of Job Mate, you'll find your answers there.
Sorry but 8 years alone, after putting my goals on hold, after supporting my ex though hers, after supporting and raising my step kids like my own, and having it all ripped away for whatever reason she had, she never told me, having survived swine flu, legionaries disease and a number of others, I think I've been through enough, where simply asking God for happiness doesn't seem like it's too much to ask for.
Maybe the issue is that loneliness or a lack of it is more important than God. It sounds like you've given God an ultimatumI have a hard time believing that abundance equals a lack of companionship.
Abundance can be found in being thankful for what you do have while waiting fir other blessings. Post a prayer request on the prayer wall. Petition God and have others pray for you also.I already have, several times. I get that I am nobody and nothing and who am I to question what God does. If I am indeed supposed to live alone for the rest of my life, I have no choice, but I would like to know why...because I know I'm going to hate it. That and Job was given everything back 10 fold. I've been where I am for almost 10 years and for what?
I don't think so. I simply don't know how I'm supposed to go on living my life mind l like this. The loneliness is constant and crushing. It's so bad that right now I'm wishing for something I shouldn't. I do not want to be alone and yet it's like God wants me to be alone. But it hurts so much. I pray daily for this to end. Yet I am faced with it day in and day out. So what I'd like to know is why.Maybe the issue is that loneliness or a lack of it is more important than God. It sounds like you've given God an ultimatum
So is it a significant other or friendships? Because maybe you don't have friendships so you feel so alone not having a significant other in your life. One type of relationship is often made more evident in our lives when we do not have a support system or family and friends.I don't think so. I simply don't know how I'm supposed to go on living my life mind l like this. The loneliness is constant and crushing. It's so bad that right now I'm wishing for something I shouldn't. I do not want to be alone and yet it's like God wants me to be alone. But it hurts so much. I pray daily for this to end. Yet I am faced with it day in and day out. So what I'd like to know is why.
I feel the same way about my brother. He fell bass-ackward into a cushy, lifetime job with lots of benefits, lots of money, and a pension. He has had it made for years, and I have suffered for years.I simply want to know why God favored my twin brother his entire life and I have gotten the crap end.
I think you're wrong about this, as Eph. 4:11 indicates -> "And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers"No one my area that I checked do this. Never was there supposed to be a "pastor".
God has never promised us happiness, so why not quit asking for it and learn to be content in your circumstances?simply asking God for happiness doesn't seem like it's too much to ask for.
"Why?" is the huge question almost all of us struggle with. Unfortunately, it is usually met with silence. I suggest that you quit looking for an answer to "why?" and learn to be content.but I would like to know why
In summary, I still exercise the talents the Lord has given me without beating myself up with "why?" or "why me?" There is no answer to these questions, so I suggest you stop asking them.
That's not even close to what I said and you know it.
God has never promised us happiness, so why not quit asking for it and learn to be content in your circumstances?
"Why?" is the huge question almost all of us struggle with. Unfortunately, it is usually met with silence. I suggest that you quit looking for an answer to "why?" and learn to be content.
Almost everyone has a whole boatload of reasons why we don't feel blessed or that God loves us. I'm the same way. Lots of people have significant problems: unmarried, in a bad marriage, no kids, have kids that are brats, physically not whole, mentally challenged, the list goes on.
Personally, I have had depression for 20 years. I've endured a loveless marriage for 7 years. I can't hold a job. Meanwhile my brother has it made. I've stopped asking "why?", stopped wondering what's wrong with me, stopped wondering why God is silent or seemingly doesn't care about me. Once those strivings ceased I eventually became content.
I do my best in my day job, knowing I'll get fired in six months regardless. I use my talent as a writer to write, knowing no one will read it. I teach a Bible study. I teach at a local college. In summary, I still exercise the talents the Lord has given me without beating myself up with "why?" or "why me?" There is no answer to these questions, so I suggest you stop asking them.
Are you actively trying to make me feel worse? I asked a question but nothing you've said remotely answers it.
I already have, several times. I get that I am nobody and nothing and who am I to question what God does. If I am indeed supposed to live alone for the rest of my life, I have no choice, but I would like to know why...because I know I'm going to hate it. That and Job was given everything back 10 fold. I've been where I am for almost 10 years and for what?
Telling me to deal with it, isn't advice to change anything. It is merely saying stay in the situation and deal with it as is. Telling someone to stay in a hole they can't get out of, and to deal with it, that's not advice, it's a lazy reply.NW82, you posted in the Christian Advice section, so I assumed you were looking for Christian Advice. I empathize with your condition, having been there myself, and to some degree am still there. However, I was trying to offer you advice that to some extent has worked for me. If you don't want advice, then either don't post here or ignore everything everyone has said (which you seem to be doing). I wish you the best of luck.
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