God doesn't care about this life

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BenFTW

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I just want to know that what I want matters to him. I've been shown time and again that what I want might not be what he wants. Again, I'll always follow him, but I don't have to be happy with what he does.
Ecclesiastes 5:19

19 Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God.
 
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Ariel82

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I do. But I've tried multiple groups and none of them have gone anywhere. I'm not like a lot of girls. I'm not a lesbian, but I don't wear flashy clothes, I rarely wear makeup or jewelry, and I'm pretty quiet whenever I'm in a crowd.
It's hard to make friends and to trust people.

Too often people misunderstand your words and motives,

I used to be quiet and shy and not want to talk to people.

I think it was only through the love and friendship of my,5 best friends that I learned there are people who accept me for me...no matter what quirky things I do or say.

Hopefully God will bring someone like that in your life.

However when you go in a strange group, remember a lot of those people are unsure and don't know how to make deep connections either.

Some just wear better mask.

However God gives us the Holy Spirit to learn how to love and communicate with others.
 

miknik5

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I do. But I've tried multiple groups and none of them have gone anywhere. I'm not like a lot of girls. I'm not a lesbian, but I don't wear flashy clothes, I rarely wear makeup or jewelry, and I'm pretty quiet whenever I'm in a crowd.
That doesn't matter. Did it ever occur to you that you are more than the world portrays as "truth"?
Do not want to be like anyone else...ever...
I know that doesn't make it easy because we see all this before our eyes and we think that this is what we are supposed to represent...this is what the world accepts as some sort of outward proof of "success".

But that isn't what GOD sees.

HE sees inwardly and knows each and everyone of us. HE knows what is in the hearts of all men...so HE already knows our desires of the heart.
 
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Ariel82

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I just want to know that what I want matters to him. I've been shown time and again that what I want might not be what he wants. Again, I'll always follow him, but I don't have to be happy with what he does.
What is it that you want that He hasn't given you get?
 
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Ariel82

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I pray a lot. I have a daily prayer journal. But it seems always to just be words rather than action. And actions usually speak louder than words for me.
You know prayer is more than just making a list of demands for God to fulfill, right?

It is also,listening to what God want and has in store for you.

We should pray together.
 
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It seems so superficial but I don't care.

I'm very lonely and don't usually have anyone to talk to. My family loves me very much, but we don't have a lot in common. Touch is part of my love-language and most of the time it's not available to me. And I'd also like to meet a guy. I've never dated before, and both my older siblings are married. I'm happy for them, but it's hard not to be envious at times.

I feel like I have disenfranchised grief.
 
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Txroads

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The Bible says, He knows us better than we know ourselves... No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and He can bless us above and beyond what we could ever imagine.... Compared with our Holy Saviour and our Abba, we are still children... Thankfully they do know us better than we know ourselves because some of the things we ask for might not be right for us or just might not be the right time.... He takes us to a place where we can start to see beyond ourselves... It's at that moment we realize just how much our lives, our hearts and our love truly need Him and can only be satisfied BY Him....and the remarkable thing is right after that the blessings come...
 
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I know. I've actually had some pretty intimate conversations with him.
 

miknik5

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I pray a lot. I have a daily prayer journal. But it seems always to just be words rather than action. And actions usually speak louder than words for me.
Why do actions speak louder? HE sees your heart...if what you are writing down ARE the desires of your heart, they are coming from your heart and they, I believe, to GOD speak louder than the outward actions do...

They are between you and GOD.
Remember, when you pray? Don't do it in front of men to be seen by men, but do it in private...
Therefore your praying and your writing are for HIM and to HIM...and you should, even when you feel, by your lower carnal emotions that they aren't "important", continue in this...because it is by our faith that we persevere in all things...not by how we feel...
 
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Ariel82

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It's great you are keeping a prayer journal. I need to be more consistent in a fitting in mine.

I have come to learn that our prayers should have more thanks giving for the many blessings we have been,given then complaints about what we envy and desire from this world that we do not have.

I always pray to understand God's will for my life...always,asking why. Often I spend hours searching scriptures and praying to find the,answers to,why.
 
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BeyondET

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I am grateful with what he's done in my life. I do have a nice paying job. I have a loving family and a house to live in. But I also have high-functioning autism. I'm very shy and socially awkward. I don't have any close friends. A few months ago I was having thoughts of suicide. Ever since high-school I've struggled with depression. I've asked God to help me, but he just seems disinterested.
i have a friend who has a young child 8 years old who also has autism, though the child has server symptoms and struggles with just completing daily tasks. have you look into medications there are new findings on the subject and new medications being approved by the FDA. here's a site they maybe useful and informative for people with this condition.

https://www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism/treatment/medicines-treating-core-symptoms
 
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I know. I just wish I wasn't so depressed all the time. He may sustain me, but what's the point of just floating through life like a ghost rather than actually living it?
 
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Ariel82

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It seems so superficial but I don't care.

I'm very lonely and don't usually have anyone to talk to. My family loves me very much, but we don't have a lot in common. Touch is part of my love-language and most of the time it's not available to me. And I'd also like to meet a guy. I've never dated before, and both my older siblings are married. I'm happy for them, but it's hard not to be envious at times.

I feel like I have disenfranchised grief.
Aooo I so want to give you a hug.

Waiting is tough for all of us, but I am sure God has someone awesome planned for,you....but boys sometimes take longer to grow into,men.

I will be your friend if you want.
 
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All I know of the Christian life is that it's one of constant sacrifice.
 
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You're very kind. I just wish we were having this conversation in person.
 
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BeyondET

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I know. I just wish I wasn't so depressed all the time. He may sustain me, but what's the point of just floating through life like a ghost rather than actually living it?
these new medications could help you to not feel like your just floating through life and just might help you to actually live your life with less depression
 
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Ariel82

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I know. I just wish I wasn't so depressed all the time. He may sustain me, but what's the point of just floating through life like a ghost rather than actually living it?
It's spiritual warfare. I went through it too and sometimes have to spend a lot of time in my bible and prayer...


Notice how I did not respond to a certain poster?

I might have gotten upset for being misunderstood but I am going to let God deal with it.

A lot of times the enemy tries and distract us, discourage us from speaking or making friends because there is power in our words, in our prayers and in our love for one another.

Sometimes God asks us to sustain each other..carry the burden together.
 
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BeyondET

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All I know of the Christian life is that it's one of constant sacrifice.
well lots of people sacrifice things and you don't have to a Christian for this to be true.