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because of my past I don't feel any connection with christians, and because of me trying to get right with the Lord I don't feel any connection with my old friends. I know that there is alot of people out there that I can reach with my message, but the only people I feel I can help are prisoners. So I pray that God will let me be a assistant chaplain one day.
Thank God for my fiance' and my family. I know they love me without exception. And to tell you the truth I know God loves me so in actuality I am blessed. Nothting else matters¡
 
Sorry for sounding negative, it did feel good getting it all out though, Take care and God Bless!
 
pray about it, and try to take time to listen inbetwwen :) perhaps God is telling you something. Maybe He does have a plan for you to work with prisoners, if He does He will help you get there. If He doesn't, know that He still has some plan for you :)
 
Thank you very much for your reply. It was well received. God Bless you.
 
I can understand the feeling of not connecting with Christians, but neither with the world. I don't have a "past", at least not the way most Christians would see it, but I do feel a certain lonliness when it comes to Christian culture and cliches. Glad you found a place to get that off your chest, and that you feel better. :)

Love and reguards
 
jeff325 said:
because of my past I don't feel any connection with christians, and because of me trying to get right with the Lord I don't feel any connection with my old friends. I know that there is alot of people out there that I can reach with my message, but the only people I feel I can help are prisoners. So I pray that God will let me be a assistant chaplain one day.
Thank God for my fiance' and my family. I know they love me without exception. And to tell you the truth I know God loves me so in actuality I am blessed. Nothting else matters¡
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I spent a couple of years in prison ministry. It was amazingly rewarding.

However, it was a Christian ministry. You seem to be unhappy with Christians. Did we do something that displeased you? Nobody is perfect, you know.
 
Nobody is perfect, but there are some people that can be perceived as a goody two shoes and they talk down to you. That happens by all people whether Christian or not, but it is upsetting when you expect people in a church to be loving, caring and forgiving then you find out they are not. Here is the problem..a lot of people in the church are loving, caring, and forgiving, you just have to find them, and that may take a lot of time. I had a neighbor that didn't want to be around me because she said I was a Christian and that made her nervous. Our children were the same ages and we started going on neighborhood walks together and she told me she didn't want to get to know me, but once she did, she realized I was normal. : ) We all face troubles and worries in our lives and sometimes we are in different chapters than others, but believe me, by listening to others troubles and sharing your own, we learn better how to deal with them. Reading the Bible and praying helps too. I hope you find some good Christian friends and don't give up hope because they are out there. You are in my prayers.
 
thanks for the responses, I know that prison ministries is a christian ministry! And as far as not connecting with christians, I was being too stereotypical, For that I apologize. It's just that seems to be a lot of people with a lot of head-knowledge of The Word, but they seem so cold. Like there heart is not in it. While I was in prison I met a lot of people who were full of love, and even though they knew a lot they didn't come off as 'holier then thou' as I continually come across in the free world. I am a christian and I am not trying to come down on anyone it's just how I felt. and I use this site to 'air out' in the hopes that I will get some feedback 'good or bad', and as far as ressurection33 goes I am not coming down on christians, I am a christian myself. All I said is that I was having a hard time connecting with christians, To which I apologize for I shouldn't put everyone in a round about group like that. I will try to be less negative in the past and will be sure not to sound harsh to anyone
 
I loved prison ministry because the inmates who took part were so HUMBLE. We in the outside world could learn a lot from them, I think.
 
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