What should I do? I've been praying about it, but i feel like I'm being ignored. It could just be my fear of the worst. I dunno.
2006-07-11 18:45:28 · 24 answers · asked by Arf 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Below: there are so many helpful answers. Even the one about the sower in the field. Thank you all very much. I know you guys are trying to help. It delights me that there is so much love. I feel very fortunate that people care.
2006-07-11 19:10:18 · update #1
I guess my conclusion is the past 2 yrs I started examining some things I considered to be merely religious and not necessarily spiritual. I started to back off the whole religiosity kick & started to think I needed more common sense in my faith. I felt like I needed to able to better discern when to share my faith and when not to. I also felt like I needed to pick my spiritual battles with sin better, if that makes any sense. I understand the urgency of the Gospel and how souls need to be saved, but I felt like I needed to have some faith in God that I didn't have to do EVERYTHING. Everything He asked me to, yes, but not everything under the sun. However, when I started easing up on the religiosity I started easing up on a bunch of things. I wasn't watching myself/paying attention like I should have been. I mean, the original idea was good, but I think I just wasn't watching my spiritual 'figure' like I should have. I dunno :)
2006-07-11 19:49:14 · update #2
preservere, don't lose hope! He is still with you, even if you can't feel him. Maybe you should evaluate your life and find the areas where you haven't let God in. He wants to be involved in all parts of your life, not just occasionally. We are all guilty of this and I have found that when I ignore God, He will ignore me for a while until I am sincere. I'll pray for you on this end. Open up your bible now, see what it says for you. you might find He's been talking and you haven't been listening.
love in Christ
2006-07-11 18:55:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Once, many years ago, my husband and I were trying to conceive. I was SURE I was pregnant THIS time. I was so happy. It was indescribable. Then, a few days later, I realized I wasn't. We had been trying for quite a while. I had suffered a tubal pregnancy and many operations. Upon discovering I was not pregnant, I was sad. Soon my sadness turned to anger. I discovered during that period of time (pardon the pun) how lonely I was without God. I felt as though I was standing on the edge of a cliff and there was nothingness, all around me. It was awful. In time, I wandered back toward God's loving arms and then I started running back to him. He gathered me up and comforted me. He hadn't left me. I was the one who had left.
Many years have passed since that experience. I never got pregnant again. I have discovered that because I did not have a child, I was available full-time to my husband , both my precious parents and my darling brother, when they needed care giving. I was blessed ,truely blessed, to have had all the closeness that we shared. I can still cry when I see a woman with her new born. Somehow......I guess that SOMEHOW is God....it's okay. It really is. I hope you find your answers, my dear. Your journey will teach you many things. When you are ready to open your heart to God again, he'll hold you so tenderly, you'll be able to feel
it.
2006-07-12 02:05:24 · answer #2 · answered by I am Sunshine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
((((((hugs to you)))))))
We all go through times like that, but it will pass.
Be assured you are not being ignored, even if it feels that way.
It could be that you have concentrated so much on giving out, that you have burned out.
Don't worry right now about doing, about being a certain way. Fill up. Your vessel is empty. Listen to good Christian music ... music that ministers to you. Play praise and worship music too, but right now your soul needs nourishing and perhaps healing. Read some good christian novels ... like historical romances or such. It's light, but still encouraging and edifying.
Most of all, don't feel guilty. It's okay to be needy at times, and to be more concerned about what you yourself need than about what you can give to others. In time, things will turn around, and you will be a stronger and mightier witness than before.
Hang in, this too will pass. Go with it, take careof your own needs, and rest in the Lord.
2006-07-12 01:53:07 · answer #3 · answered by Pichi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are probably questioning your faith because there is just more to believing Jesus. There is nothing wrong with the belief of Jesus, just believe in him in your own way. You do not have to go to church every sunday and preach to everyone you come across to be more Christlike. If this is your goal, use your spirit and heart to guide you, not others telling you how you would believe. You can be a good spiritual person without being a religious person.
2006-07-12 02:00:25 · answer #4 · answered by singitoutloudandclear 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep going. Many of the greatest saints spent years with what is known as dryness in their prayer life. When you first come to know Jesus your prayer is returned with a feeling, a sense of fire, which is what you need to make your conversion. After you're over that hump, things get harder, because we must show we love God and not that "rewards" of being spiritual.
Keep praying.
God bless
2006-07-12 01:50:28 · answer #5 · answered by MikeD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep praying. It's called faith for a reason. You won't allways "feel" God, but be faithful and perservere. Make sure that you have repented of all sins and give everything over to God: your worry, fear, everything. He will be faithful, just look for the signs of him working in your everyday life.
2006-07-12 02:01:38 · answer #6 · answered by tjandjess 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People do tend to loose the fire they once had when they first get saved. This is normal. We have to give ourselves an attitude check everyday i believe. It is easy to forget what He has brought us out of. All the junk we let destroy our lives. the great mercy and grace of God's hand. He can test us to see how strong our faith is in Him. Remember He let Satan temp Job. And Job questioned God. Give up and you will never know what God's plan was. Keep believing and this will strengthen you in the Lord.
2006-07-12 01:56:56 · answer #7 · answered by GodsHolyFire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
R u sure you were saved in the first place? Seriously, you may have been but the zeal lost. Look at the parable of the sower and the seed, which seed do you think you are?? Email me if you need help
2006-07-12 01:48:57 · answer #8 · answered by musingaloud 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the Devil trying to bring you down, you know that the Devil does not want you to witness or be happy or have anything to do with God. For us believers we know that the end of time is near and the Devil is working as hard as he can to take us away from God before time runs out. DON'T LET HIM. Keep on praying and fight the Devil, you know he is wrong. God still loves you. God Bless, I will also be praying for you.
2006-07-12 01:50:32 · answer #9 · answered by LuckyWife 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2)...
It sounds to me like the problem might be that you are too inward looking, focusing on your feelings, your desires, your emotions...
In times like this the best thing to do is to stop looking at our shortcomings and look up to God! He is the One who will give us our drive, our desire, our courage.
Hope this helps, keep the faith, we all go through difficulties...and remember, look up! Look to Christ.
2006-07-12 02:03:47 · answer #10 · answered by Cameron 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋