Life's Lost Its Joy

[ChristianSonic]

Nothing makes me happy anymore. Things I used to find fun are just like mindless activities; I can't bring myself to enjoy them. I also hardly have the ability to take showers. With me struggling to find love or a job, life feels so hopeless. I'm saved, but I'm afraid I'll die alone without having accomplished what I could. I just want some joy, but I can't find it.

 

[Reluctant Theologian]

Nothing makes me happy anymore. Things I used to find fun are just like mindless activities; I can't bring myself to enjoy them. I also hardly have the ability to take showers. With me struggling to find love or a job, life feels so hopeless. I'm saved, but I'm afraid I'll die alone without having accomplished what I could. I just want some joy, but I can't find it.

So sorry to hear that ... are you part of any church activities? home/cell group? Do you spend time with friends?

When you don't have a job yet .. spend your time on acquiring new skills / study / volunteer .. be active, learn and contribute to anyone around you.

 

[High Fidelity]

You’re 25. You have a lifetime ahead to find someone, or you may not, many don’t.

Learn to be content without that, as it may not be God’s plan for you.

 

[timewerx]

If you have friends you see and talk to regularly, that should help a lot. If it's not helping, you probably have the wrong types of friends.

Find a new hobby, a hobby that you will enjoy and give you opportunity to meet new people and friends.

That is what the Holy Spirit told me to do. I only have very few friends and ironically, most of them I can only get in touch online, very rarely face to face. Life for me is very dark, hopeless, and lonely.

Then the Holy Spirit told me to learn how to skate, learn some figure skating moves. In my my mid forties, it's insane. But through this hobby, I'm finally making new friends. Friends who are positive influence, nice, I meet face to face regularly. I'm still in a very dark place in life but the new hobby and new friends are helping to make my life a bit more interesting and bit less lonely.

 

[ChristianSonic]

You’re 25. You have a lifetime ahead to find someone, or you may not, many don’t.

Learn to be content without that, as it may not be God’s plan for you.

God is the one who changed my heart towards marriage. You’re right that I still have a long time to find someone, but I’m not going to resign myself to this heck of being single. I’ll try to be content, but I’m NOT giving up.

 

[DragonFox91]

Do you go to church? How often do you read the Bible or listen to sound Christian music?

 

[ChristianSonic]

Do you go to church? How often do you read the Bible or listen to sound Christian music?

I've been getting into reading my Bible every day with a habit-building app. I do go to church. I listen to Christian music when I'm driving.

 

[SarahsKnight]

God is the one who changed my heart towards marriage. You’re right that I still have a long time to find someone, but I’m not going to resign myself to this heck of being single. I’ll try to be content, but I’m NOT giving up.

That's the spirit, sir. I will be praying for you to find peace and contentment with where you are. May the Lord be with you and take away any feelings of depression, confusion, doubt, or worthlessness.

 

[ChristianSonic]

That's the spirit, sir. I will be praying for you to find peace and contentment with where you are. May the Lord be with you and take away any feelings of depression, confusion, doubt, or worthlessness.

Thank you.

 

[SarahsKnight]

Thank you.

 

[ChristianSonic]

The problem is that I live in a small town and don’t know where I could go to find someone.

 

[SarahsKnight]

The problem is that I live in a small town and don’t know where I could go to find someone.

You must trust that, even if you never do find someone, that the peace of the Lord will fall upon you and be more than enough to make up for that.

Besides, I myself live in a small town (11,000 folk) and I once came close to finding someone. So I think that it's a pretty good indication that it isn't hopeless for you. Not yet.