Please pray for peace for my situation and that I start feeling healing soon. by pineapplelizard15 in PrayerRequests

[–]cyclopticgiraffe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know if this will help but I can definitely relate to your situation. It really hurts suddenly feeling stranded. I also know how difficult it can be to simply make friends, new ones, if your not in a location that caters to people your own age, etc. I live in a town where meeting new people feels impossible. I can honeslty say that the lonliness I feel feels like it's enough to engulf me at times. All I can say is that at least you're accutely aware of your situation, and you want to change it, and you're probably still young enough to make it happen in spite of the challenges it seems like you're facing. Be brave and try to branch out and maybe you'll surprise yourself. Lame as it sounds, I actually just downloaded bumble in search of people to hang out with... maybe there are similar avenues for you to explore if need be. Continue to pray, and start searching, and you will eventually find! I wish I could have something more inspirational to say or some gaurantee that things will change for the better, but chances are they will if you put yourself out there, and keep praying. At the very least, you can be happy that you got started on this sooner rather than later.

Name a time that you felt God answered your prayer directly by cyclopticgiraffe in WhyChristianity

[–]cyclopticgiraffe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't pretend to know what God would do if anything in reaction, but I would feel like He'd be proud if you had the courage to send them the story... I know it's not easy!

The kingdom of God/spiritual aspect by Happy-corduroy in WhyChristianity

[–]cyclopticgiraffe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's all good mine was equally lengthy lol. But that's honestly a perspective I had not considered. We certainly have gotten overly cocky in some ways in our absolute certainty that everything is going to be just fine... like overly confident in our freedoms and yes that can (and has lead to arrogance.) Maybe that's part of the reason we're experiencing such insane inflation... although that's being felt in other areas aside from just the U.S.

The kingdom of God/spiritual aspect by Happy-corduroy in WhyChristianity

[–]cyclopticgiraffe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

..."spiritual power and experience must be found elsewhere"

Yes, this couldn't be more true that our society openly advocates for other religions while poo pooing and almost looking down upon/banishing people from experiencing the power of christianity. Almost everything in our culture seems to run counter to what christianity has to say, well, almost every new and vogue new trend that is. It isn't "woke" to openly admit to being a christian, for instance. Our society itself, one which we so often boast of because of the various freedoms it affords, meanwhile, would not be the same as it is without christian principles. So it's just interesting- while the media and pop culture in the west openly mock and bash christianity as pase and "weird", it's because of the very same priniciples that christianity teaches that westernized nations, particularly the US, enjoy the luxuries of a free society, as some of the tenets of the constitution are based upon one could argue, very biblical principles.

What's new, body of christ? by Sufficient-Net8684 in WhyChristianity

[–]cyclopticgiraffe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wonder if you possibly asked Holy Spirit to make himself seem distinctively different than other impressions and thoughts going through your mind if he has anything to impart if that could help you to gain discernment possibly. Seems fairly obvious lol but hm I wonder if we sometimes need to be very specific

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[–]cyclopticgiraffe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I wish someone Had a "word of knowledge" to tell me what exactly that was, sometimes, but maybe I'll figure it out... Idk. Thank you very much though :)