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NoviceBeliever:
Alex:

I know for me the "why" of many things doesn't become apparent until you are well past the situation. Sometimes its a person, a situation, a tribulation that we have to go through in order to learn an important lesson.  Everyone and everything, even if brought to you for a fleeting moment serves a purpose. When you look back on many things in your life and the many paths that you have taken, you can see that God was always there directing you to where you are now.  I have found myself praying over the last 2-3 months for something that I don't want and yet, God keeps me praying for this same thing time and again.  It hasn't been easy as I have felt myself, at first, really struggling against it. But it has become much easier, because I know that God knows the reason and the purpose behind this.  Just give over to it and let Him show you the way.

Prayer said, NB

Marlene:
Alex, I will keep you in prayer. It seems I am always telling God this is the hardest thing I have ever had to deal with. I  believe God only gives us what we can stand. Just, remember he is always with us in every storm we face, We often take our eyes off of him and look at the situation.

I think it is so amazing that you were so young when you came in here and have stayed with this. I wish I knew what I know now back at your age. The pain I suffered when I was young seemed so hard. I never had any idea this would all serve a good purpose back then. We are very blessed to know this when all the rest of the world thinks the world is out of control.

In His Love,
Marlene

cjwood:
hi alex,
i too will pray for you. Dear Father, our younger brother alex is experiencing some emotional distress which You are very aware of. our brother has reached out to us, his spiritual family, for prayer. we need not know the specifics to know that his need is of such importance that he has revealed his heartache to us. Father, as a young man, alex was shown Your Truths and he has continued to stand in his faith, although the world has continued to bombard him with its' carnality. You have created each of us with emotions, and have also given us a Way through the storms when our emotions reach so deep within our hearts. Father, alex knows that all is according to Your will, and i pray that you will, through Your Holy Spirit confirm to him that nothing can be better for our lives than Your will, whether it is what we were praying for or not. i pray that alex will continue to look to You as His Loving Father, and to Jesus Christ as his Brother Example. i thank You Father for our alex and for the inspiration he has been to this forum family. i thank You also Father that You in Your Divine mercy, grace, and lovingkindness called out to alex at such a young tender age, as he has a great opportunity to shine the Light of Your Love to his generation. i pray Father that if possible, and of Your will, that alex's petition can be done as he desires. but Father, if not, i pray that You will continue to guide him and keep him as he journeys the path of the Narrow Gate. in the Name of Jesus Christ i pray that Your will be done. amen.

claudia

lilitalienboi16:

--- Quote from: cjwood on September 04, 2009, 01:04:21 AM ---hi alex,
i too will pray for you. Dear Father, our younger brother alex is experiencing some emotional distress which You are very aware of. our brother has reached out to us, his spiritual family, for prayer. we need not know the specifics to know that his need is of such importance that he has revealed his heartache to us. Father, as a young man, alex was shown Your Truths and he has continued to stand in his faith, although the world has continued to bombard him with its' carnality. You have created each of us with emotions, and have also given us a Way through the storms when our emotions reach so deep within our hearts. Father, alex knows that all is according to Your will, and i pray that you will, through Your Holy Spirit confirm to him that nothing can be better for our lives than Your will, whether it is what we were praying for or not. i pray that alex will continue to look to You as His Loving Father, and to Jesus Christ as his Brother Example. i thank You Father for our alex and for the inspiration he has been to this forum family. i thank You also Father that You in Your Divine mercy, grace, and lovingkindness called out to alex at such a young tender age, as he has a great opportunity to shine the Light of Your Love to his generation. i pray Father that if possible, and of Your will, that alex's petition can be done as he desires. but Father, if not, i pray that You will continue to guide him and keep him as he journeys the path of the Narrow Gate. in the Name of Jesus Christ i pray that Your will be done. amen.

claudia

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Thank you so much claudia, that prayers means a lot to me. Reading it helped calm my nerves down.

I did experience today a momentary sense of relief from my emotional distress but it was momentary. I could almost liken the emotional distress to a soft flame being fanned gently but fire always burns... :(

The human heart can be so fragile at times...

Dear marlene, thank you for the prayers and kind words. I too believe God only gives us what we can endure but that don't mean it don't hurt :(

And to NB; Sometimes i don't want things to be brought to me for a fleeting moment. It's not fair! Don't give me something so good and dangle it before my face only to tare it away from me. To yank it out from beneath me! It's just not fair and i don't want to feel that. Don't even bother showing me it if i can never have it. Arrr I'm trying not to fight God on this and trust Him but sadly I'm AFRAID to trust Him in this matter. I want so badly what i want. I've never had what i did get a small taste of and i have to wait a whole year before it's truly within my grasps again and i don't want this time of patience from now until than to hurt so bad or for me to have tasted what i did only for it to slip away during this long year. If i had a time machine I'd use it, I'd speed up time. Probably the only time in my life where you'll ever hear or see me say I want to get older. I want to speed this up!

And mark, thank you for the reminders of those scriptures, sadly it doesn't remove my fear or make it any easier. I know.. i'm stubborn, yes i'm very stubborn, ill be the first to admit it.

Anyway.. thanks for hearing me up, praying for me, listening to me, comforting. I appreciate it so much. All of you mean more to me than you'll ever know!

God bless you all,

Alex

firefly77:

--- Quote ---Sometimes i don't want things to be brought to me for a fleeting moment. It's not fair! Don't give me something so good and dangle it before my face only to tare it away from me. To yank it out from beneath me! It's just not fair and i don't want to feel that. Don't even bother showing me it if i can never have it. Arrr I'm trying not to fight God on this and trust Him but sadly I'm AFRAID to trust Him in this matter. I want so badly what i want. I've never had what i did get a small taste of and i have to wait a whole year before it's truly within my grasps again and i don't want this time of patience from now until than to hurt so bad or for me to have tasted what i did only for it to slip away during this long year. If i had a time machine I'd use it, I'd speed up time. Probably the only time in my life where you'll ever hear or see me say I want to get older. I want to speed this up!
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Alex,
Thank you for sharing this... I know EXACTLY how you feel; been there a few times and have been there for the last 3 years. Compared to where I was 3 years ago, I have learned patience in waiting. I have learned to keep myself occupied with a variety of things that I am very interested in; they make the "waiting" part easier. Do I like it? NO! Can I change it? NO! The comforting part now is knowing, "God is control and He can turn it around in the twinkling of an eye." I do very much know the "heartache" you are experiencing and can relate.

God bless you.
Sending you another virtual hug... (((((Alex)))))

Angie

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