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Hi cheli...How can God give up on you, and are you not His child...Maybe you need to open your Bible and soak in His love...God says to be still before Him, are you letting the world get to you, do not let your emotions rule you, they come and go and not reliable, take time out and breath with Him, and i am sure when you seek Him as He has says we should do, He will be found, knock and the door will be opened, seek and you will find, read the Psalms, God says He draws near to those who draw near to Him...xox...
What do you believe cheli? If you trust in Jesus alone for salvation there is no way He has given up on you, according to His promises He cannot give up on you. I'm also in a position in life where I question my worth and purpose, but I know these feelings are deceptive. God allowed Satan to take away everything Job had, but God used this incredibly difficult time he inflicted on Job for His grand purpose, and we see that Job's story is forever preserved for us to learn from.
Cheli I feel like I'm abandoned by God at times, and even saints experienced this. Mother Teresa`s journaling was made public after she died. expressing her battles with depression. we all need to rely on the saving grace of Christ and not at all on efforts to prove ourselves acceptable to God and people. Those of us who know this in part including you are to share what we have and continue in fellowship. It's actually better for us to face our depression and need of help from God than to think we are doing well in our present condition. How are you?
First of all Welcome to Christian Chat I see you just joined today. Yes God hears you. I don't know why it seems some have a good life and others suffer through life, but God sees it all and He loves you. He knows your desires and wants to have a relationship with you so talk to Him and tell Him what is bothering you.
Ask for Him to send someone your way and to love you while you wait. Then look around you and see who needs some help that you can take care of and keep busy while you wait.
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Ask for Him to send someone your way and to love you while you wait. Then look around you and see who needs some help that you can take care of and keep busy while you wait.
A friend request sent your way.
Cheli ,
Hello and welcome to CC
You are loved and precious and He hears you we need to be still and know that He will always give us the best in all situation His plan is perfect and right on time, be encouraged and blessed today and each other day. Love and be loved for you have an Awesome God.
Blessing and I pray that God bring you ever closer to Him ,guards your heart and protects you in Jesus name
amen
til soon
Christina
Hello and welcome to CC
You are loved and precious and He hears you we need to be still and know that He will always give us the best in all situation His plan is perfect and right on time, be encouraged and blessed today and each other day. Love and be loved for you have an Awesome God.
Blessing and I pray that God bring you ever closer to Him ,guards your heart and protects you in Jesus name
amen
til soon
Christina
God has certainly not given up and you but you have to be careful not to give up on God. Every one that Gad has created has a great purpose. You should pray that God reveals to you what your purpose is. You didn't say how old you are for not having kids and a husband. That's another thing to pray about if you truly want a faithful and loving man in your life. God has heard you even before He created the universe. Try to be a little more positive as that will certainly help you out. Glad to have you join us. Welcome to CC.
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He hears your prayers and knows them before they are spoken. He knows your needs and He loves you so much. You are precious to Him. Lean on Him and trust Him to carry you through this hardship you are experiencing. And see. We are many here praying with you. Trust the Lord and rest in Him. He will deliver you.
sometimes our tough circumstances are the very things that show us we need God, and teach us to seek Him, and never Lose our need for Him. believe it or not, you are in a great place right now to reach out and find Him, through Our Lord Jesus Christ. when we break, He is near
Psalm 34:17-19 "The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
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19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.[/FONT]
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Also God is apart of your life and is grand in that even though we don't deserve his love,he still intervenes when we are at our lowest in life,for me my eventual coming to God,started with a simple desire"meet and get to know family I had never known" and God answered through of all things a website,and after that I not only got my simple desire but eventually after seeing my brother change for the better and then I was curious to see how he could be so kind and happy,when I still had not found much meaning in my life,well eventually my desires became more about serving God in some way than so often my usual desires,so I would suggest,thinking about what you really desire most,is it someone to love you? is it someone for you to love?,is it meeting new friends or family? is it wanting more purpose in life when you feel you have none? is it acceptance? I am not saying of course to be greedy but I'm saying try to find out of all you feel you don't have,think upon what one desire you long for the most that can be a good start to a new life,because I can most certainly tell you that working for God is great because you will receive much of what you desire without even asking or praying for it from God,so really I'm saying set some kind of goal for yourself,if you want a job then pray about it and "try" for one,if you would first want instead a meaning to life as you put it then ask around here or think on what could be a meaning to life for you,like helping charities,trying to help others,join a church,really you have many possibilities laid out in front of you,all that is missing is you,God already gives us plenty before we come to him fully,so don't let it get you down,God first would like to see what you want for your life because he already has blessings waiting for you of a certainty,but if you don't make any effort toward a particular Goal then he can't give an increase to what you have because if you can't decide on what you want thereby having nothing,he can't give an increase to 0,so don't seek being miserable when God has a lot for you but if there is no effort on your part then it isn't that God isn't listening that is the problem it is that you can't decide which way you would like your life to be,so as I said start first with a goal with good intentions,and you will see that all you ever wanted was right there in front of you all along.
Also God is apart of your life and is grand in that even though we don't deserve his love,he still intervenes when we are at our lowest in life,for me my eventual coming to God,started with a simple desire"meet and get to know family I had never known" and God answered through of all things a website,and after that I not only got my simple desire but eventually after seeing my brother change for the better and then I was curious to see how he could be so kind and happy,when I still had not found much meaning in my life,well eventually my desires became more about serving God in some way than so often my usual desires,so I would suggest,thinking about what you really desire most,is it someone to love you? is it someone for you to love?,is it meeting new friends or family? is it wanting more purpose in life when you feel you have none? is it acceptance? I am not saying of course to be greedy but I'm saying try to find out of all you feel you don't have,think upon what one desire you long for the most that can be a good start to a new life,because I can most certainly tell you that working for God is great because you will receive much of what you desire without even asking or praying for it from God,so really I'm saying set some kind of goal for yourself,if you want a job then pray about it and "try" for one,if you would first want instead a meaning to life as you put it then ask around here or think on what could be a meaning to life for you,like helping charities,trying to help others,join a church,really you have many possibilities laid out in front of you,all that is missing is you,God already gives us plenty before we come to him fully,so don't let it get you down,God first would like to see what you want for your life because he already has blessings waiting for you of a certainty,but if you don't make any effort toward a particular Goal then he can't give an increase to what you have because if you can't decide on what you want thereby having nothing,he can't give an increase to 0,so don't seek being miserable when God has a lot for you but if there is no effort on your part then it isn't that God isn't listening that is the problem it is that you can't decide which way you would like your life to be,so as I said start first with a goal with good intentions,and you will see that all you ever wanted was right there in front of you all along.
Interesting different responses, just to mention, today was especially difficult with depression for me as well; not that God abandoned me, the depression felt like it. Thoughts were to pray that I enter not into temptation to take things in my hands: to look for comfort in wrong places and feel abandoned worse, this happened before and the Lord spoke to me with compassion, saying, "Come to my house, I'm coming to my house," to assure me I was not abandoned and needed to come to Him, while I had opportunity. Thankful in our situation trusting He is with us, not easy in depression, may as well say we feel dead inside, feeling like we are in hell already. There is reference to this in the bible, not exaggerating, "If I make my bed in hell, Lord your with me." Depression, and hell is where our life does not make sense. Usually Saturdays here and by evening getting over it. Sunday is inspiration enough to know am not abandoned. When your age struggled with loneliness after church as well, now that's bearable, as mentioned, having inspiration enough to know am not abandoned. The rest of the week is too busy with work to have time to be depressed, that makes it worse for Saturdays, having no reward for the hard work, having no one in my Life. Would you believe one of God's name is "No one." When there is no one to distract us we find Him, in our deepest need. There are several references of this, not commonly known. Jeremiah 10:6 Amos 6:9-10
The time we "Walk trough the valey," is to find the Lord in our depression, "In dying Live." "Enter in at the straight gate, for straight is the gate and narow is the way that leads to Life and few there be that find it," not because we are a andoned, but have stoped on the journey of seeking Him "With our whole heart." "This one thing I do, forgetting what is behind, I press on..." Don't feel bad many don't know they have stoped on the journey, at least you know.