2007-10-30 21:17:40 · 22 answers · asked by Kidd! 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
The major challenge in my life was leaving the pseudoChristian cult I was raised in and becoming a "plain" Christian. I lost all my friends and my family disowned me. After I was baptised my mother never spoke to me again; 3 yrs ago I was told by a third party of her death--my siblings still won't speak to me.
But I have rebuilt my life and would never turn back now. I had to have the help of a Christian psychologist to "deprogramme" my mind from the cult and learn to live a normal life. I needed the support of Christian friends and others to learn to see myself as a person of value. I handled this by taking baby steps, learning to set boundaries in my own life (ie, it's OK to have your own opinion and disagree with others--even your pastor!) and by leaning heavily on the Lord Jesus and his Word. Good music helped a lot--classical instrumental as well as praise music. I listened to the Bible on cassette a lot--they have it on MP3 now! ;)
My husband, who is not a Christian but was never a member of the cult either, supported me through all the pain, depression and loneliness I felt when I was rejected by all those who had meant anything to me. He held me up during the long months of deprogramming, and put up with a lot of stress. I thank God every day for him. No, he isn't a Christian, but he is a decent, kind and honorable man. I could never have done it without him.
2007-10-31 00:24:40 · answer #1 · answered by anna 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Went from being a bipolar drugadict in very abusive and destructive relationships to managing bipolar (thanks to a long search for meds) and NO drugs at all for years now and I've been single and happy for over a year. Hooray!! Every last drop of victory is Gods. I could not have lasted a second without Him. He showed me REAL freedom. There is NO mountain that He can't move. I just had to give Him a real chance and believe. :) God is SO good! He can turn the ugliest things beautiful.
2007-10-31 20:55:54 · answer #2 · answered by J C 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Being The caregiver to the love of my life who was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1996 and Prostate Cancer in 98 and had 7 stints placed in his heart in 05.Doing my best to keep him healthy and happy and with me for a lot longer.He will be 61 soon and I'm a little younger.It's a 24/7 job and it takes a lot but I thank God we're still together.38 1/2 years and counting our 40th anniversary soon.I'm handling it every day with the help of the Lord.
2007-10-31 17:01:53 · answer #3 · answered by flossie mae 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The biggest challenge in my life is when my abusive wife falsely accused me of being abusive.
I handled it with much prayer but still, looking back, I wish I had done things differently.
Still the things I did, I did based on the information I had available to me at the time.
It did draw me closer to the Lord and closer to my children.
However it did hurt my children tremendously.
God did totally vindicate me and I thank Him for that.
Pastor Art
2007-10-31 07:13:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Raising my children as a single mother was a very big challenge. I could only deal with it day by day. Each day presented different joys and challenges. With the help of the Lord, I managed to get them all three into adulthood with children of their own to deal with. They are now paying for their raising so to speak.
2007-10-31 11:35:41 · answer #5 · answered by Country girl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When my father died I am faced with the challenge of how to follow my dreams of finishing my studies. I threaded through life as a working student and finished my course the hard way.
2007-10-31 08:37:01 · answer #6 · answered by henry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Divorcing my husband of 17 years, who was alcoholic and putting my 2 daughters and me at risk with his drinking. It brought me closer to God and brought me back to the church where I found help and fellowship and people who had gone through similar circumstances and good friends. I feel I handled it well, with grace and forgiveness and love. My ex-husband told me not that long ago, in a round about way, that he was sorry and that "he didn't know at the time how good he had had it" when we were together, but he still hasn't turned his life around, as far as I know.
2007-11-02 21:05:13 · answer #7 · answered by Suen 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What Suzanne described [alcoholism] except I was the child and my mother was the recipient of abuse. I did get hit from time to time, too. It's all I remember from childhood. I still have almost complete amnesia until about the age of 17, when I went to college and my father had died. I handled it mostly by trying to intervene to protect my mother, rarely with much success.
I'm still suffering the consequences, but thanks to God, I've stopped making terrible decisions in my own life because of it.
(((((((Sister Suzanne))))))) I'm beginning to think we're twins, separated at birth, but several years apart. :-) Figure that one out.
2007-10-31 08:19:12 · answer #8 · answered by cmw 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
When my son got hurt in Iraq after the truck he was in drove over a road bomb. It was crazy because I did not know how bad he was hurt until he got transported back to the USA. I fell apart when I saw how much pain he was in at the hospital, but I prayed that he would come out of it allright, and he did.
2007-10-31 19:22:28 · answer #9 · answered by peace baby 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My major challenge was raising two small children after my divorce from my first husband.My supportive family was the reason that I got through it.
2007-10-31 09:05:24 · answer #10 · answered by sharen d 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋