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hamsterjill

(15,443 posts)
Fri Nov 22, 2019, 10:35 PM Nov 2019

Life is getting me down and my faith is being tested

May I please ask for prayers for clarity and purpose in my life? I’m going through a difficult time right now but compared to some, I realize that I am so blessed!!!

I feel guilty even asking, but I need help in figuring out the right path to take. I need the frustration and confusion to lift and some peace in my life so that I can get back on track and think clearly.

I believe that God is teaching me something very substantial right now and I need the courage to surrender to that. I struggle with my faith a lot but I know that He has not given up on me.

I am grateful and I want to grow spiritually but something holds me back.

Thank you for your prayers and good thoughts for me.

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Life is getting me down and my faith is being tested (Original Post) hamsterjill Nov 2019 OP
Hoping for the best, hamsterjill! dawg day Nov 2019 #1
Thank you. I hope so, too. hamsterjill Nov 2019 #6
Are you able to go downtown? :) greyl Nov 2019 #2
Yes, and I have been when I can hamsterjill Nov 2019 #7
It's ok to have doubts Joinfortmill Nov 2019 #3
Thank you. hamsterjill Nov 2019 #8
I hope you find hope in others the kindness and wisdom inside of yourself to free yourself... JoeOtterbein Nov 2019 #4
Interesting that you mentioned animals hamsterjill Nov 2019 #9
hamsterjill, my experience with these dark-night-of-the-soul moments is that fierywoman Nov 2019 #5
Beautiful! hamsterjill Nov 2019 #10
When I am in the muck of life, I always try to remind myself that Marie Marie Nov 2019 #11
I agree hamsterjill Nov 2019 #14
I hear your 'crying out'. You have just given ME encouragement sprinkleeninow Nov 2019 #12
And I send my prayers for you. hamsterjill Nov 2019 #13
I am receiving them. 💓 sprinkleeninow Nov 2019 #15
Lord have mercy shenmue Nov 2019 #16
Sending a prayer for Jill. femmocrat Nov 2019 #17
Thank you very much. hamsterjill Nov 2019 #18
Keep searching. Steelrolled Feb 2020 #19
Thank you! hamsterjill Feb 2020 #20

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
1. Hoping for the best, hamsterjill!
Fri Nov 22, 2019, 10:37 PM
Nov 2019

It sounds like you are on the brink of some new wisdom. I hope you are!

greyl

(22,993 posts)
2. Are you able to go downtown? :)
Fri Nov 22, 2019, 10:44 PM
Nov 2019

Seriously, at least mobilize a little, get outdoors and move around if possible. They say the Kingdom of Heaven is all over the place outside. (Weather permitting)

hamsterjill

(15,443 posts)
7. Yes, and I have been when I can
Fri Nov 22, 2019, 11:02 PM
Nov 2019

Being outside and making myself take some “down time” have helped. I agree. I see God when I see nature and living things.

Joinfortmill

(16,259 posts)
3. It's ok to have doubts
Fri Nov 22, 2019, 10:45 PM
Nov 2019

Offer your problem up to God (however you define that). The answer will come. Believe me, this works. I said a prayer for you.

JoeOtterbein

(7,783 posts)
4. I hope you find hope in others the kindness and wisdom inside of yourself to free yourself...
Fri Nov 22, 2019, 10:50 PM
Nov 2019

...to believe in yourself first, your family, especially the children and seniors, second and your friends third. If you consciously leave thoughts of "God" behind you, and when you are just as kind to everyone, even strangers, including animals, all equally.

Because all love must be selfless to be real. Never expecting favor, or even thanks, for doing what clearly must be done.

hamsterjill

(15,443 posts)
9. Interesting that you mentioned animals
Fri Nov 22, 2019, 11:05 PM
Nov 2019

Rescued animals are one segment of this situation. Thank you for your insight.

fierywoman

(8,079 posts)
5. hamsterjill, my experience with these dark-night-of-the-soul moments is that
Fri Nov 22, 2019, 10:58 PM
Nov 2019

God knows what s/he is doing. And the answer is inside of you. And all paths will lead you to where you want to go, but the best path to choose is the one with heart: I wish you courage! A long time ago someone gave me these words, I'll pass them along to you: Feel protected, and above all, feel that you are on a path in which what can happen is to simply become aware of your own preciousness and to live as a precious being.

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
11. When I am in the muck of life, I always try to remind myself that
Fri Nov 22, 2019, 11:08 PM
Nov 2019

everything that happens TO us, happens FOR us. There is a lesson in everything we experience but sometimes we can't see it until we get through it. Sometimes, it is simply a matter of having survived the worse and emerging stronger because of it. Wishing better days for you.

hamsterjill

(15,443 posts)
14. I agree
Fri Nov 22, 2019, 11:42 PM
Nov 2019

It’s finding the lesson through a solution whatever that solution may be. Hard work to get there. But you are absolutely correct in that whatever it is will be FOR us once we emerge on the other side.

Thank you.

sprinkleeninow

(20,534 posts)
12. I hear your 'crying out'. You have just given ME encouragement
Fri Nov 22, 2019, 11:21 PM
Nov 2019

this night that I am very weary stemming from my current situation.

My heart joins with yours in prayer for clarity, strength, hope for the future, and for the Peace that passes understanding. 💛

hamsterjill

(15,443 posts)
13. And I send my prayers for you.
Fri Nov 22, 2019, 11:38 PM
Nov 2019

The weariness is hard isn’t it? Feels like it’s never going to get better, but it simply must.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
17. Sending a prayer for Jill.
Wed Nov 27, 2019, 04:51 PM
Nov 2019

A prayer that you may find your way and come to terms with your confusion. Peace be with you, dear.

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