um..er....Hi everyone

[Misti]

hey everyone. The name is Courtney...AKA Misti. I am a 17 year old from a small little town in the Bible Belt of Florida called Okeechobee (try saying that 5 times fast! lol) anywhoz. I found this site...wowies. pretty dang big. Just what I have been looking for. Well, I am a Christian, a fairly strong one at that. I decied to devote my life to Christ and become the first woman leader in my church by becoming a Youth Minister. My Y.M, Danny, is a great guy and I can talk to him about anything. It's him that made me decied to follow his footsteps. My friends who go to chruch are cool, except for my ex b/f, David. He claims to be a real Christian, but cusses and says bad bad things...a hypicrite (Can't spell...lol) and gets me so mad. and depressed. That is my reason for finding this website. I am a very depressed person, even at the age of 17. I have attempted suicide a few times, but each time, I chicken out...I have a small scratch going down my arm to my wrist on my left arm. very ugly. No one has noticed it though. odd...my mother says it's all in my head, but each night I find myself crying and praying so hard for help. but no one has come to help me. my new boyfriend is an athist and it hurts me. He wont listen to me when I try and talk to him about God, and he says that if God did exsist...I wouldnt be feeling this way. I tell him that God has a reason for everything. he wont listen. I like him a lot, and he likes me a lot. and I am his only Christian Friend. me breaking up with him would drive him farther from God. Very Far. *looks over post* Well, I write a lot. he he. I was wondering, um, is it okay for Christians to be depressed and try suicide? I mean, I wont kill myself. I dont wanna go to Hell. but sometimes the pain is to much. thanks a lot of reading this. and Hopeully I can talk to you later. (between work/school/internet restriction...)
Peace Out
~*~CoUrTnEy~*~
aka
Misti!

 

[PuppyforChrist]

Hi! Just to let you know, it's a little hard to read your posts with that color. You might want to change it to something darker. Welcome to CF!

 

[tulc]

Misti wrote: (#1)
"try saying that 5 times fast!"

thatthatthatthatthat! Was that fast enough?
[move] Welcome to CF Misti!! [/move]

 

[Phileo]

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[AlabamaMan]

Welcome to CF! God bless you!

 

[Misti]

No. Try saying Okeechobee five times fast! It's hard. It's hard even saying Okeechobee. lol. Well, thanks for the Welcomes and stuff. Maybe I'll go over to the Youth page thing. Hey does anyone have info on youth ministry and how to go about studing for it? I wanna be a youth Minister and stuff. yay! he he. I like that guy. Looks like he had to much AMP! lol....

 

[Snowy]

hey everyone. The name is Courtney...AKA Misti. I am a 17 year old from a small little town in the Bible Belt of Florida called Okeechobee (try saying that 5 times fast! lol) anywhoz. I found this site...wowies. pretty dang big. Just what I have been looking for. Well, I am a Christian, a fairly strong one at that. I decied to devote my life to Christ and become the first woman leader in my church by becoming a Youth Minister. My Y.M, Danny, is a great guy and I can talk to him about anything. It's him that made me decied to follow his footsteps. My friends who go to chruch are cool, except for my ex b/f, David. He claims to be a real Christian, but cusses and says bad bad things...a hypicrite (Can't spell...lol) and gets me so mad. and depressed. That is my reason for finding this website. I am a very depressed person, even at the age of 17. I have attempted suicide a few times, but each time, I chicken out...I have a small scratch going down my arm to my wrist on my left arm. very ugly. No one has noticed it though. odd...my mother says it's all in my head, but each night I find myself crying and praying so hard for help. but no one has come to help me. my new boyfriend is an athist and it hurts me. He wont listen to me when I try and talk to him about God, and he says that if God did exsist...I wouldnt be feeling this way. I tell him that God has a reason for everything. he wont listen. I like him a lot, and he likes me a lot. and I am his only Christian Friend. me breaking up with him would drive him farther from God. Very Far. *looks over post* Well, I write a lot. he he. I was wondering, um, is it okay for Christians to be depressed and try suicide? I mean, I wont kill myself. I dont wanna go to Hell. but sometimes the pain is to much. thanks a lot of reading this. and Hopeully I can talk to you later. (between work/school/internet restriction...)
Peace Out
~*~CoUrTnEy~*~
aka
Misti!

500 blessings for you

 

[Rainbow.]

Hello and welcome. I pray you find peace. It's hard going through teenage years sometime.Please pray to God for strenght to not harm yourself.Please PM me if you ever need to talk. God bless

 

[Heavenlyangeleyes07]

HI Welcome to cf!!! Glad to have you here and hope you enjoy the forms and hope to see ya around, God bless ya

 

[Misti]

500 blessings for you

oooooo 500 Belssings...
what are blessings for?
and where did you get that freakin' awesome Sig Pic at!? It Rocks!

 

[Buttermilk]

Hiya

 

[Bonhoffer]

I know its a tough situation with your b/f. However getting depressed about it will NOT do any good at all.

Theres plenty of debate even amongst Christians over the question of Hell.
I personally think most decent people will be saved because they will recieve the Holy Spirit 'as' they are passing over. The only reason I beleive the Bible doesnt say this is because no one would then chose to be a Christian in their lifetime.

I came to this conclusion because I couldnt conceptualise the idea of Gandhi in Hell. It just doesnt make sense!!
Of course you have to be a Christian in your life to be certain of going to Heaven, but I do think there is more hope than what traditional Christianity teaches.
This is my veiw. I could be wrong! But either way worrieng too much will only drive BOTH of you further from God. I used to get obsessed with the eternal damnation thing, but then I realised all this paranoina was the Devils work. He wants to make you weak and hate God. Satan does this by abusing your deep love for your boyfriend. If he cant trick people through their love of money or lust, then he'll trick them through their emotional vulnerablity. He'll even exploit the fact that you are a caring person.
If he wont listen, and remember you can only recieve the Holy Spirit through free will; so if he gives it a try only to please you it wont work.

All you can do is pray; and get your friends to pray!! In fact even I'll pray for you. Because prayer worked for me.
Prayer works better for converting people than ever talking does.

And you need to show him that Jesus is a good influence in both your lives. You do this by not telling him. You do it by showing him the goodness that Christ bestows on you. If he can see that light in you then he may start to question things. Give him all the love you've got and theres a chance.

Never give up hope!! Theres hope for everybody!
Even Charles Darwin (father of Evolutionary theory) was reported to have converted to Christianity on his death bed.
And remember you boyfriend doesnt nessicarilly need to find Jesus now to be saved. He may be 73 when he finds God or he may be 47. Who knows!! Gods already decided before we were even born who will and wont be saved, so quit worrieng about it and show your boyfriend how wonderful you think he is.

Perhaps give up on the religious talk for a while as it puts some people off.
If hes to find God then it will be in his own time.

Anyhow God Bless and I hope things go well for you.
I'll be praying.

Bonhoffer x

 

[cra_z_4_christ]

hey misti, im a newbie and i kinda know how you must feel...i have alot of problems in my life right now but i just try to have faith in God that everyhting will be okay!....and it will...i will be praying for you !God bless