So I haven't been on much the past year/year and a half. I've had a massive amount of personal issues. The past few weeks I've been trying to distance myself from all the trouble, so GAW has been a great source of community for me. I don't post much, but I read and feel like you guys are my friends and telling me the latest I've missed out on. But it seems no matter how much I try to move on from my issues, they follow me. I found out my partner of 10 years was cheating on me for the last 2 that I was with him, and so I packed up and moved to another state. I found someone else I thought cared about me but that didn't work out so well either. I'm pretty much getting it from all angles. Financial problems too and I have a 4 year old daughter. I seemed to have made just a giant mess of my life, and no matter where I turn, I can't seem to fix it. I've been praying to God with my whole heart for months. Crying out to Him with tears in my heart and running down my face, and I get no answers. I'm really trying to stay strong for my little girl and strong in Him and I try to turn to Him but I seem to just be going in the same nauseating circle with no end.
Any prayers at all you guys can throw my way would be greatly appreciated. I am also aware that there are people on this board with bigger problems than mine, and in no way am I trying to downplay that or make out that my problems are more important. So please pray for them first, and if you have time please try to remember me. I just feel so alone and helpless.
God bless you all, frens. WWG1WGA
AS a non-christian who (in spite of occasionally poking fun) respects christians, I feel uncomfortable offering prayers without first acknowledging that they wouldn't be to the same god/s you would prefer. If you have no bjection, then I'll happily pray on your behalf.
with that being said, hopefully some advice will help.
a) never get into a new relationship until at least six months after your previous relationship has ended. You'll have way too much baggage fromt he previous relationship bundled up in the new one, and it'll just poison your new relationship. not to mention you're going to be extremely vulnerable after ending that relationship and prone to falling for the wrong kind of person.
b) there's an old saying "where there's a will, there's a way," that basically means if you're willing to go the distance and do the hard work, you can succeed no matter the difficulties you face. instead of looking at setbacks as roadblocks, look at them as challenges to be overcome, or even as puzzles to be figured out and solved.
c) corollary to that is a personal proverb of my own, "never lose your sense of humor; where there is humor, there is hope, and where there is hope, there is a path to success. it's easier to get past a difficult time if you can find the humor in that situation, even if the humor is a bit dark. that doesn't mean it's not still difficult, it is, but it's easier.
d) I know it's weird to hear this in an online forum, but make a point of making irl friends. having a network of people in the real world to lean on and who can lean on you will make your life a lot easier, rather than depending exclusively on people who may be hundreds of miles away and can do nothing if things go south. I'm not crapping on anyone here, but reality is reality, unfortunately.
Good luck out there, fren. May you find what you're seeking on life's journey.
This is a kind of prayer if you ask me.
I am also not a Christian and so this is the kind of thing I write on these prayer requests. My non-Christian prayers get upvoted just like the Christian ones so that means that frens here are happy enough to see them, even though they do not refer to God.
It is my belief that these prayers can help the object of the prayers. There is statistical evidence that they do.