What does God want me to do?

[Lik3]

What is God's plan for my life? I have asked this before, but I feel that I went about things the wrong way. Maybe my mindset was all wrong which is what I was meaning to say. I am not in a relationship and I have no kids. I am in my late 30s and my life seems boring. Is it possible that maybe I did something wrong for this to happen? I am not at my wits end but should I just turn my cares over to God or is there something else God might want me to do? I don't know what it is really like to fall in love, get married to a good, decent man, and have a child or two.

I came from two parents who loved one another so I know nothing about divorce or infidelity or separation. They were very close and very much loved one another. I certainly know my share of problems such as the loss of a loved one, being bullied and picked on, and having pyschological and health issues.

But I want to get to the place where I can say that either enough is enough and I want to be made free. I have issues that are troubling to me and I rather not explain them right now. I am done with the sinning and the frustration and the obsessions, which is weakening. Thankfully, the obsession is weakening. I feel like I have so much on my plate though I realize that other people have bigger crosses to carry, especially those who are very much poor, starving, homeless, victimized, sick, and persecuted.

I just want to know what I am doing. Where do I begin? How do I change my mindset? Do I just tell God how I'm feeling? Sometimes I feel so distant from God in my prayers which sometimes produce doubt. I am reminded that those who doubt should not expect anything from the Lord, meaning a double-minded doubtfulness, not just one who has an occasional doubt or two. Should I deal with the doubting first before anything else?

 

[Bluelion]

pray from Love.

praying for you

 

[TreverSlyFox]

God has a plan for your life but He isn't going to lay it all out for you, you only get what you can handle at the time, step by step. Each of those steps makes you ready for the next step and you may repeat a step or two a couple times because you didn't learn what you needed to the first time around.

As far as a "boring life" be glad, there are others whose life is terrifying right now and would give anything for "boring". The first thing you need to learn is to be satisfied with what you have right now, as a child of God we are where we need to be no matter if it seems to us that we should be somewhere else.

A year from now you may look back and see the you were right where you needed to be today. I know it's hard to believe but you are being prepared by God for something right now, go with it for He's not going to do something that isn't good and right for you.

And YES tell God how you feel, tell Him your doubts, tell Him your fears, tell Him your hopes, tell Him your dreams, tell Him EVERYTHING. Hold nothing back, He already knows everything but He truly does want to hear it from you.

I'm sure you have see the bumper sticker "God is my Co-Pilot". Well God is NOT my "Co-Pilot" He is my PILOT, I do a bad job piloting my life so I just turn the job over to Him. Do I get it right all the time? NO .... because sometimes I still want to pilot the plane and take the wheel away from Him. And we have free will, so God will not take the wheel away from us, we have to GIVE it back to Him. Our biggest problem in our relationship with God is that we do not TRUST Him enough, it's like we aren't sure He will do what is right for us. We keep tripping over our own egos because we still believe we can do it ourselves, we can handle it, we can work it out alone.

Well we can't, we haven't been able to and our life is a mess but we keep trying the same things over and over again. Hoping the outcome will be different than the past hundred times we tried by ourselves.

We all doubt at times, we all have those times of unbelief and that is why there is a passage in the Bible that says "Lord help me in my unbelief." This isn't in the Bible anywhere but I just heard something the other day that fits us to a "T" if we would just LISTEN to Him.

God asks: "Are you ready to do my work?"

Man answers: "Lord I do not know how to do your work."

God asks: "Are you ready to learn how to do my work?"

Man answers: "Yes Lord, I am ready to learn."

My last thing to you is I can not prove God to you. All I can tell you is that God has worked in my life so many times that it can not be coincidence. He has answered so many prayers, some in seconds, some in hours, some in days and some I'm still waiting for the answer and some the answer was NO. Door have shut and others were opened, opportunities appeared just when I needed them. God exists, He cares about us, He will answer your prayers, there is nothing He can not do for us, nothing stops His love for us.

 

[TravisK]

I understand where you are coming from. I have made some mistakes that have greatly affected my life and career. I recommend you start listening to Joel Osteen because one of the most important messages he has is you shouldn't dwell on past mistakes you can't change. He has a lot of great teachings for someone in your position and mindset.

Of course there are a lot of others that can help you and that you can learn from, but I recommend you start with him.

I know you are not young and you feel your time has passed, but remember Gene Hackman didn't start acting until well into his 30's and Colonel Sanders didn't start KFC until he was in his 60's.

As for being bored, there are so many movies you have easy access to watch, books to read, youtube videos to watch, etc. and that is just to start. If you really want to not be bored, channel your own creativity. You can do that in so many ways. Every thought is the beginning of a creation.

 

[Bluelion]

I understand where you are coming from. I have made some mistakes that have greatly affected my life and career. I recommend you start listening to Joel Osteen because one of the most important messages he has is you shouldn't dwell on past mistakes you can't change. He has a lot of great teachings for someone in your position and mindset.

Of course there are a lot of others that can help you and that you can learn from, but I recommend you start with him.

I know you are not young and you feel your time has passed, but remember Gene Hackman didn't start acting until well into his 30's and Colonel Sanders didn't start KFC until he was in his 60's.

As for being bored, there are so many movies you have easy access to watch, books to read, youtube videos to watch, etc. and that is just to start. If you really want to not be bored, channel your own creativity. You can do that in so many ways. Every thought is the beginning of a creation.

That is just bad advice, for 1 Jesus changes us, and we do change.

Study the word of God, you will find everything you are looking for and dream of in God. The word will bring peace to you. Jesus is the way to salvation not joel osteen.

 

[Emmy]

Dear Lik3. Jesus tells us in Luke 10: 25-28:
1) Love God with all our hearts, with all our souls, and with all our minds.
2) Love our neighbour as we love ourselves: i: e: all we know and all we meet, friends and not friends. Verse 28 tells us a great truth:" Do this and you shall live." We ask God for Love and Joy, then we thank God and share all
with our neighbour. God will see our sincere efforts, and God will bless us.
We keep asking God and thanking God, then share all Love and Joy with all around us. ( Matthew 7: 7-10) We might stumble or forget, but then we ask God to forgive us,
and carry on Loving and Caring. A Christian`s great weapon is Love, with Love we will overcome all enmity and wrong behaviour.
The Bible tells us: " Repent," and " Be Born Again." Let go of all selfishness,
and change into a loving and caring son or daughter of our Heavenly Father.
People will treat us the same as we treat people, and they will know that we
represent our God, who is All Love And Compassion. We might well become
sign-posts to God our Father in Heaven. Jesus our Saviour will help and guide us: Jesus Is The Way. I say this with love, Lik. Greetings from Emmy, your sister in Christ.