I'm a husband and a father of five. First grand daughter about three weeks ago. I writing here cause I'm losing my connection with jesus and everything is making me just want to cry. My job keeps me working on holidays and nights. Shift work is killing me little by little. I went to church this morning and just felt like I'm not good enough for god. Hard to rise my hands when it use to come easy. Sing along and just praise. I fell like I'm not a good father and husband. I try my best to be a good provider but I took a ten dollar pay cut to be home more but my wife gets upset cause our life style changed. I'm lost in every way possible. Can someone help me and tell me how to reconnect with God and be happy again
Happiness comes from within, not from without. If you are looking to be happy because of your wife, kids, job, money, or whatever else, you will never be happy. Happiness comes from within, and the Bible teaches how a person can do this, Be content with what you have. Those who desire more, will not be happy until they get that more, only to realize once they have that more, they want even more. Did that make sense?
Do you know the happiest people in the world are? Children. Why? Because they are happy with what they have, even third world, starving children, will be singing and laughing and playing with dirt. (missionary friend of mine witnesses that) Children don't worry about things, they don't desire to have more than what they have. If you want a peace that surpasses all understanding, then be content with what you have. The happiest adults i have been around, are those who have nothing and want nothing. Learn to be content with what you have, and happiness will follow.
The world is unhappy, because they WANT, WANT, WANT.
Also about reconnecting with God, satan will do all that is in his power to try to stop you from doing this, he will try to get yo to worry, or to feel guilty, not worthy, or whatever else to keep you down and out, and not connected with God. Jesus taught us plainly what gets rid of satan and that is the Word of God, read it daily, get in on CD and listen to it on the way to work, at work if you can, on the way home from work. me personally i chose a career that would allow me to listen to the Bible all day long, which i do.
It is written if you draw close to God then He WILL draw close to you. If you are feeling unconnected from God, it is because you have drawn away from Him, and therefore God draws away from you. Get involved in a Church, join a Bible Study, volunteer as shelters, feed the hungry, cloth the naked, visit the sick. Draw close to Him, and God will draw close to you. But if you are not drawing close to Him, then why is it a surprise if you feel disconnected from Him? Get into the Word.
^i^ Responding to OP
I encourage you to hang on and to keep praising God-- even if you feel like you can't. Thank God in the storm. Remember where you are weak, God is strong. God is working everything out for your good, even if you can't see what He is up to. It's important to stay in constant communication with God-- that's where you'll find your strength when you feel like giving up. I will pray for you.
