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**********UPDATE ON PAGE 3 as of July 29th.**********

I don't know what to do at all. I've been in this really lonely and depressed mood for awhile now and I'm sick of it. I need help, I need a lot of help. There is absolutely no way I can do this on my own, only God can do this.

The first thing is that I don't have a job. I'm 21 and need a job. Whenever I look up different types of jobs, careers or even different types of college courses I could take, it's like I'm reading a different language. It starts frustrating me almost immediately because I either can't understand it or it's uninteresting. I guess you could say reading isn't my strong suit. Don't get me wrong, I know how to read, words aren't the problem, but if it's too much at once it bothers me greatly. I can force through it when it comes to the bible, but that's really it. You could say it's a form of dyslexia, but not the way it actually is because I don't confuse letters around or anything. I don't really know how to explain it I guess.

I feel REALLY stupid saying this, but I don't have a clue on what I'm interested in. I have absolutely no idea what I like at all and that to me makes me feel stupid. Who doesn't know what they like? The only thing I can think of is that I like working with my hands, though I don't trust myself with construction work, if that makes any sense.

The next thing pretty much relates to the first thing, money problems. My family (myself, mom & stepdad) are struggling a lot. We have 2 bank loans that we got just to save our house and we still wound up losing it. We has to move to a trailer after that and have multiple maxed out credit cards trying to pay the bills. We don't even have money for our food anymore , we're having to get it from the pizza place my stepdad works at just to have dinner.




Funny though, through all of that, the thing that bothers me the most, others would find the least important. I'm lonely. I want my soulmate in my life, wherever she is, whoever she is. I want God's choice for me, I trust him a lot more than I trust myself. He knows me better than I do. I feel so sad all the time and constantly daydream about how I want my life with my soulmate to be. Even the simple stuff like imagining holding her hand, or holding her in my arms, to walking through nature or whatever other romantic things I think of. I guess if this bothers me more than anything else (even though I know it's not as important as possibly becoming hungry/homeless), it must prove that love really is stronger than anything, huh?

I pray all of the time, I know God hears me. There are times when I wonder why he is waiting to fix these problems and help me, I can't figure it out. He must have a good reason, right? So how do I ask him to change his mind on waiting and to fix these problems now? Ever since I was 15, 6 years ago when I quit high school due to multiple different reasons like depression, loss of motivation and bullying. Everything in my life has been going down hill for both myself and my family. 6 years is too long, and I want this to stop before it hits 7 if possible and God willing. My faith will NEVER break, and God knows that. He knows he doesn't have to test me to see if I'd ever turn away because I never would.

I have little to no motivation to do anything anymore. That's not me, that's not who I really am.
I just want a break from all this crap and actually start prospering for a change. I want to eventually help others. Be financially strong enough to be able to give money to people in need and stuff. I just want a normal, better life full of peace and love and happiness while helping others to try and have the same thing. Is that too much to ask?
 
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Understand that although your struggles and trials are very taxing they are very common to many people. Don't let yourself think that God doesn't care for you just that we're are all tested in life and there are those who've gone before you and can help.
 
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Understand that although your struggles and trials are very taxing they are very common to many people. Don't let yourself think that God doesn't care for you just that we're are all tested in life and there are those who've gone before you and can help.

Very true. Thank you to you and those that have posted so far. God Bless you all.
 
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Before I pray for you, let me say that I felt very much like you did in my youth. I think you may have reached a point of saturation with the negative self-talk, just as I did.

Father, I pray for my brother in Christ and I ask you to reveal to him what your will is concerning a job and a career. Show him his talents that he may increase them 30, 60 or 100fold, for your glory. I praise you Lord because it is you who opens and no one shuts and you who shuts and no one opens. Father, place before him the teachers, mentors and books that you deem necessary for his growth and advancement. Build this lad's confidence, first in you and second in his skills and reading abilities.

I also ask you, Father, to bless this young man's financial situation and that of his family. Let him become a living example of Matt 6:33. Bless him that he may bless others in due course.

Finally Lord, send people of your choosing along his life's path that he may glorify you through relationship with others. If he is lacking a strong fellowship with other Christians, I pray you Father that you guide him to such a wonderful and enduring encounter with your people. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus name, amen.
 
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You are great!! God thinks you're terrific. You are in the sunshine state, step back, look up, and imagine rainbow skys and smiles all around you. God created you perfectly, just the way you are. Everything about you He made on purpose. Everything that seems like a mess up is complete perfection. You've got one life to live so get out there and change the world. Who cares what you like or if you don't even know what that is. 18 years ago, when I was your age I liked many things. Many of them I plain and simply don't like anymore.

Try anything.

I recently watched "The Bee Movie" and unlike the bees that get stuck in the same job for the rest of their lives, we can bounce around from here to there until we find out what fits us. It comes down to believing that God is able to make us amazing at anything we put our hands to, and believe me He is!!

I imagine as a believer you have at least these two things that give you an advantage over many your age: You have learned to submit to authority, and you are not a substance abuser. Believers make the best employees and if you walk into a business and return an application with confidence you will be amazed at the response.

Here is a link to an awesome video where Mike Rowe, from Dirty Jobs, encourages young people to learn a skill/trade and not to necessarily go to college.

youtube.com/watch?v=HVIgs4g31Rc&feature=kp








You said:





That's what God wants too, so, no, it's not too much to ask.

Let His kingdom come and His will be done on EARTH as it is in heaven :) Smiles. I'll pray for you.

(Matthew 19:26, Mark 10:27, Luke 18:27)

Try not to spend too much time daydreaming about what might one day be, get out there and start living it now. And while you're living it God will send the right girl to you (He has a way of giving us the desires of our hearts.)

We can't always sit back and wait for everything to line up just right, hoping for things to just somehow fall into place.

or we could end up like the fig tree. (Matthew 21:19, Mark 11:12)

Get out there and change the world! God believes in you and so do I :)

That's a really heartfelt message, thank you for that. I forgot to mention that I currently live in an area where you can't walk anywhere, you need a car, and our second car needs fixing. So it's really difficult to be able to even apply for a job if there isn't a way of getting there. Taxi's and Bus routes don't apply here. But thank you though, even if the car did work, my motivation is so low, that message did help me.
 
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I don't know what to do at all. I've been in this really lonely and depressed mood for awhile now and I'm sick of it. I need help, I need a lot of help. There is absolutely no way I can do this on my own, only God can do this.

The first thing is that I don't have a job. I'm 21 and need a job. Whenever I look up different types of jobs, careers or even different types of college courses I could take, it's like I'm reading a different language. It starts frustrating me almost immediately because I either can't understand it or it's uninteresting. I guess you could say reading isn't my strong suit. Don't get me wrong, I know how to read, words aren't the problem, but if it's too much at once it bothers me greatly. I can force through it when it comes to the bible, but that's really it. You could say it's a form of dyslexia, but not the way it actually is because I don't confuse letters around or anything. I don't really know how to explain it I guess.

I feel REALLY stupid saying this, but I don't have a clue on what I'm interested in. I have absolutely no idea what I like at all and that to me makes me feel stupid. Who doesn't know what they like? The only thing I can think of is that I like working with my hands, though I don't trust myself with construction work, if that makes any sense.

The next thing pretty much relates to the first thing, money problems. My family (myself, mom & stepdad) are struggling a lot. We have 2 bank loans that we got just to save our house and we still wound up losing it. We has to move to a trailer after that and have multiple maxed out credit cards trying to pay the bills. We don't even have money for our food anymore , we're having to get it from the pizza place my stepdad works at just to have dinner.




Funny though, through all of that, the thing that bothers me the most, others would find the least important. I'm lonely. I want my soulmate in my life, wherever she is, whoever she is. I want God's choice for me, I trust him a lot more than I trust myself. He knows me better than I do. I feel so sad all the time and constantly daydream about how I want my life with my soulmate to be. Even the simple stuff like imagining holding her hand, or holding her in my arms, to walking through nature or whatever other romantic things I think of. I guess if this bothers me more than anything else (even though I know it's not as important as possibly becoming hungry/homeless), it must prove that love really is stronger than anything, huh?

I pray all of the time, I know God hears me. There are times when I wonder why he is waiting to fix these problems and help me, I can't figure it out. He must have a good reason, right? So how do I ask him to change his mind on waiting and to fix these problems now? Ever since I was 15, 6 years ago when I quit high school due to multiple different reasons like depression, loss of motivation and bullying. Everything in my life has been going down hill for both myself and my family. 6 years is too long, and I want this to stop before it hits 7 if possible and God willing. My faith will NEVER break, and God knows that. He knows he doesn't have to test me to see if I'd ever turn away because I never would.

I have little to no motivation to do anything anymore. That's not me, that's not who I really am.
I just want a break from all this crap and actually start prospering for a change. I want to eventually help others. Be financially strong enough to be able to give money to people in need and stuff. I just want a normal, better life full of peace and love and happiness while helping others to try and have the same thing. Is that too much to ask?

praying for you and your family
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I think you are very brave, and from what you wrote, I gather that at the very least you know what you do NOT want. In life, it is a constant quest to find the things we really want to be doing with our lives. It is so challenging to go through it all alone, and when we find that one person who we wish to share with, in many cases, that persons' freewill may also take them away from us. Don't base your existence on the closeness of others. It may open the door to many hurtful things to happen. Find the happiness in yourself first, so that you can be a whole and complete person in a relationship. The other person will appreciate you for that, and in the end, you will also have a fulfilled life. I hope you do find that one thing that you will love doing, and if it is just for the moment, give it a try too, because we are not bound to do one thing for all our lives, that is the beauty of it, we can try many many times, fail succeed, it really does not matter, as long as we are happy.
Praying for you.
 
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