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I wish I was dead.
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mandyangel
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You will never ever be able to change lies or mistakes you made in the past.
You may have destroyed your life in the past, but that doesn't mean that you can right your wrongs and make the present NOT destroyed.
God forgives.
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I'm so sorry that you are hurting so bad. Sin in our life does that, I've been there as well, many times even.:o
The Good News is that God wants to give you a New Life!
A life which is much better build than your hurting one.
As a matter of fact He washes the past, so the pain and the hurt go away.
In the New you feel as new! No more shame and guilt! For the old has passed away! While God's love is so strong that it drives out all your fears and rebuilds you a lasting life. A thankfully loving one.
This is what He has done for me. Even though I've got a depressive illness and depression still comes around a lot. I grow stronger and stronger and never have to go so deep in the pit again. For He protects me.
I can speak The Truth now and be a honest person. I can forgive myself when I do something wrong. I can apply the rule of love to my life - instead of the rule of hate.
I can have a personal relationship with God through prayer and meditation and I have hope in the future again.
To suffer depression without guilt, shame or fear is much easier than being depressed in the kingdom of the lie.
All you have to do is give your hurting life to Jesus - keep doing that until the pain is subdued - and He brings The New in its place. Don't make promises to God, but ask Him to teach you to be an honest person. Confess to God when you fail and then also forgive yourself. God loves you, so take good care of yourself, so you can love (and honour) God and your neighbour with your life.
The Good News is that God wants to give you a New Life!
A life which is much better build than your hurting one.
As a matter of fact He washes the past, so the pain and the hurt go away.
In the New you feel as new! No more shame and guilt! For the old has passed away! While God's love is so strong that it drives out all your fears and rebuilds you a lasting life. A thankfully loving one.
This is what He has done for me. Even though I've got a depressive illness and depression still comes around a lot. I grow stronger and stronger and never have to go so deep in the pit again. For He protects me.
I can speak The Truth now and be a honest person. I can forgive myself when I do something wrong. I can apply the rule of love to my life - instead of the rule of hate.
I can have a personal relationship with God through prayer and meditation and I have hope in the future again.
To suffer depression without guilt, shame or fear is much easier than being depressed in the kingdom of the lie.
All you have to do is give your hurting life to Jesus - keep doing that until the pain is subdued - and He brings The New in its place. Don't make promises to God, but ask Him to teach you to be an honest person. Confess to God when you fail and then also forgive yourself. God loves you, so take good care of yourself, so you can love (and honour) God and your neighbour with your life.
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Sorry if I appear to be ignoring PMs, it is saying I do not have enough posts to reply yet.
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They may not forgive what you have done in the past.
They may not forgive at all.
But your future is open. God Bless! I am praying for you, hope things get better in further days.
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What the world says you are, does not make it truth about you. You may have made some pretty big mistakes. You may have words or pictures out there that you regret. But that's not who you are. It does not define you. God sees you as someone He created. Someone in His image.
The world tells me I am a failure. I have no job. No girlfriend. I live with my parents. By the world's definition I am no good. But that's not true. I am not a failure because I am a child of God. No one can take that away from me. Ever.
You are not worthless. I'm sure you're an awesome person. It's just we are our own worth critics most of the time.
Posting on this forum was a start. We all have to start somewhere. Even getting out of bed can be hard at times. People who haven't struggled with depression don't realize just how hard it is sometimes. They don't realize the struggle of when your brain is racing 1000 miles per hour and you get headaches from it. You can't concentrate. You feel numb. You just want it to end.
It's a struggle every day. I still struggle with it. But know there are people out there who want to care about you. I dont know you personally but I care about you. No matter how worthless you feel you are, no matter how many mistakes you've made. That will not suddenly make me walk away or be judgemental. I would still talk to you. I would still try to help. I believe you are worth it.
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I'm sorry that you feel so upset. I do know that God answers prayer! I'm actually going through what you are going through. Depression is a horrible horrible thing to go through!! My heart goes out to you. If you would like to chat, I'm here to talk message me
I love you and Jesus loves you!! Much love
Andrea
I love you and Jesus loves you!! Much love
Andrea
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I'm struggling a lot today. I feel like I am too embarrassed to continue living, that I have made a fool of myself, that people think I am a fool. I can't get a clean start because people remember my stupidity. I want to try and move on, but even moving to a new city or a new state doesn't let you escape when you were silly to people online. I am tarnished, damaged goods. I will also never have a relationship, how will I find someone who still loves me, understands me, or trusts me.
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The first answer is through salvation. The world can't give you what you truly want. A purpose, meaning, love when you feel that you've messed your life all up. Hope.
We are all sinners.
Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God"
But because God loves us
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life"
There is no works that you must do to in order to make up for the things you did before. Your sins are forgiven the moment you accept Christ. Washed away, made into a new person. Taken as far away as the east is from the west.
Something supernatural happens when you become a Christian. You are not just human anymore in a sense, but you become a child of God.
David in the bible commited murder, adultry and did a lot of other things that I'm sure people often would remind him about his past. Remind him of the mistakes he made. People probably told him often he was a "fool". But he was no fool. He was a man after God's own heart, and God himself told him that even after the failtures that he had.
Through Christ you can move on, as you become a new person. We are made new in Christ. Though we still have the capacity to sin, we are no longer held under it's power anymore as Christians.
The world may look at you as damaged, but God looks at you as someone He loves and wants a relationship with. You may not believe someone can still love you, understand or trust you, the Christ will do all those things. He never changes. He will always be there. He will always love you no matter how bad it gets. And you'd be surprised what God will do once you've accepted Jesus. He will bring things into our lives that we never expected.
That is not to say once you become a Christian the pain automatically goes away. Far from it. There is still pain, and there is still hurt. And it's a process that can take a long time. But there is hope, and there is healing.
We are all sinners.
Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God"
But because God loves us
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life"
There is no works that you must do to in order to make up for the things you did before. Your sins are forgiven the moment you accept Christ. Washed away, made into a new person. Taken as far away as the east is from the west.
Something supernatural happens when you become a Christian. You are not just human anymore in a sense, but you become a child of God.
David in the bible commited murder, adultry and did a lot of other things that I'm sure people often would remind him about his past. Remind him of the mistakes he made. People probably told him often he was a "fool". But he was no fool. He was a man after God's own heart, and God himself told him that even after the failtures that he had.
Through Christ you can move on, as you become a new person. We are made new in Christ. Though we still have the capacity to sin, we are no longer held under it's power anymore as Christians.
The world may look at you as damaged, but God looks at you as someone He loves and wants a relationship with. You may not believe someone can still love you, understand or trust you, the Christ will do all those things. He never changes. He will always be there. He will always love you no matter how bad it gets. And you'd be surprised what God will do once you've accepted Jesus. He will bring things into our lives that we never expected.
That is not to say once you become a Christian the pain automatically goes away. Far from it. There is still pain, and there is still hurt. And it's a process that can take a long time. But there is hope, and there is healing.
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sometimes Happy is a kind of choosing. In trust of God one can choose to be strong and happy in faith. or weak life in lack of trust.
It is not strange that Life flows up and down like a recycle
It is not strange that Life flows up and down like a recycle
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