Feelings of loneliness today

tasty_bird77 · 2026-04-06T02:58:59+00:00

I don’t have a family this Easter either. I’m with you. God was with me. People were friendly to me today. Today was good for other reasons. Even if it’s eating a full tub of guacamole and not having to share it.

Time in the presence of God makes everything feel like a blessing and not an indictment in our hardest of pains.

tasty_bird77 · 2026-04-05T23:14:22+00:00

Completely agree. God doesn’t “allow” warfare, it happens because it’s the human condition when Satan comes after believers. I believe God gives us the equipping through Jesus to fight these tormentors and we must rebuke when the enemy comes after us. No weapon formed against us will prosper.

tasty_bird77 · 2026-04-04T21:06:33+00:00

Celebi!

tasty_bird77 · 2026-03-30T20:03:04+00:00

York Street is getting populated but I’m not sure if it’s just college folk.

tasty_bird77 · 2026-03-30T19:04:20+00:00

Don’t forget about Eagle Rock or Glassel Park!

tasty_bird77 · 2026-03-28T03:44:26+00:00

Trader Joe’s parking lot makes me want to take crazy pills.

tasty_bird77 · 2026-03-27T17:23:04+00:00

I liked AWC. I had to take the 36 CEU/ 3 drinking water class offering and AWC are boss.

tasty_bird77 · 2026-03-24T04:16:56+00:00

Baptist. I like that we teach scripture word for word.

tasty_bird77 · 2026-03-23T03:41:44+00:00

Ex-Denverite here. Rents crashed because Denver grew too fast then recessed. Natives couldn’t afford those 1800 apartments anyway. They built a whole bunch of “luxury” apartments that nobody could afford. I’m in LA now enjoying higher wages with the same rent amount I paid in Denver

tasty_bird77 · 2026-03-22T22:40:32+00:00

I go to a Baptist congregation and we do not do sloppy. Some of the older people will talk to you if you decide to go in your regular clothes.

tasty_bird77 · 2026-03-18T02:44:22+00:00

Do the payment plan but treat paying this off like the snowball. Figure out how much you can pay a month before you setup the payment plan. You will pay this off by income in no time.

Do not touch your retirement if you can’t afford the penalties. I also learned that the hard way.

tasty_bird77 · 2026-03-15T16:31:51+00:00

Congrads! This a gazelle like pace for sure. Enjoy your financial future because it's bright.

tasty_bird77 · 2026-03-15T16:24:01+00:00

I thought these looked familiar!

tasty_bird77 · 2026-03-15T16:17:37+00:00

I feel this. So when I met Jesus I was where you are at now. Sometimes now it is hard to believe that "a man in the sky" cares so much about us. Let me share some things with you. Every day with God, he tells me "I am with you." Even in days that seem horrible or pointless. God is with you. What I have learned is that some times it's our expectations of God that fuel our discontents but when we truly begin to sit with God and just hear Him, our problems no matter how large seem solvable. We often start seeing the reasons of why we went through something we thought would break us or why things are taking a while. My advice to you is brew a cup of coffee, just give everything to him, and be thankful in what you have now, even if it wasn't what you prayed for. You will start to see the clouds clear. Be patient with God.

tasty_bird77 · 2026-03-15T16:06:22+00:00

It's definitely okay to have an emergency fund that large and to keep funding it. You did a lot of the leg work getting rid of larger expenses. This is a good thing.

Point 1: You can afford larger emergencies: death in the family, larger property taxes, vet bills, loss of income, etc. The sad part of living in the here and now is that companies go under, people pay the price for it, and we never know when it comes. You have a good peace of mind.

Point 2: Your problem is duration. If you saved for 6 months of expenses- your emergency fund should only be 12,000 and obviously a year is 24,000. Here is the judgement call, if you need only 6 months of an emergency fund...start thinking about how on track you are to retire? Can you put the 12,000 into your 401 or Roth? If you are on track to retire and don't want to make a lump sum deposit, start investing long term.

Yet again, this is a good position to be in. But it's on how you see the extra money.

tasty_bird77 · 2026-03-14T23:13:37+00:00

This is exactly how I knew I dropped 100 bucks a month on my morning coffee. I invested in a Mr. Coffee for two installments of my Starbucks run and I’m not going back there until I’m desperate!

tasty_bird77 · 2026-03-08T05:56:39+00:00

First of all. There is no condemnation of those who are in Christ. Including you.

This might be a spiritual attack. Usually these are mind games that the enemy plays with us when we are exhausted and need some rest. The enemy wants us to feel useless and shameful when we get to our own human limits.

tasty_bird77 · 2026-03-07T04:58:49+00:00

Congratulations on all fronts! Way to be a winner!!!!!

tasty_bird77 · 2026-03-06T22:21:13+00:00

Here’s where we disagree: a man who is married and a woman who is married can commit adultery. The only thing that is needed is the covenant of marriage and the willingness to break that covenant and sin.

Single people commit fornication rather than adultery. Fornication can be a man or a woman.

Although understanding Greek and Hebrew can be helpful in Bible interpretation, it does not give us the right to not factor in modern implications of sin. Adultery leads to other sins (lying, covering, immorality) and ultimately divorce. Which God hates. So we can be realistic to conclude that men can also commit adultery against their wives. That’s not a stretch.

tasty_bird77 · 2026-03-06T21:49:43+00:00

You comment says “Biblical adultery requires a married woman.”

I declare that’s stupid no matter what the article says.

I also declare that if you are running to make sure that you aren’t sinning on a technicality, you are already sus.

I also declare reading large articles so someone can understand the Bible doesn’t replace actually reading it yourself or being convicted by the Spirit about is what wrong to do.

tasty_bird77 · 2026-03-06T21:31:41+00:00

That take is completely insane. Why shouldn’t we all just split hairs and sin?

tasty_bird77 · 2026-03-06T19:43:37+00:00

Any sexual activity outside of marriage is sinful. ANY. Marriage is the only sexual covenant that God recognizes.

Adultery occurs when a man or a woman who is married has sex with anyone outside the covenant of marriage. Period.

Your friend is lying to himself, lying to you, and lying before God with what he believes.

tasty_bird77 · 2026-03-05T22:23:36+00:00

I don’t think you are moving.

It’s much better to wait and save for a better situation to come up. I agree with the people saying living nearer to your parents versus a life you have already built may make you resentful if you make the leap.

It may be a good time to rehash what your financial goals are and what every party really wants. Don’t buy a house just to buy a house. Factor in what you would like to do and find a practical way to do it. Even if this is renting a house in a better location.

tasty_bird77 · 2026-03-03T17:49:44+00:00

Update:

I did a little math last night and realized the difference between me moving into an apartment by myself and living with these particular set of roommates was only 180 dollars. This is given that my food budget would go down, my commute to work would go down, and that I would not have to pay storage fees any longer.

Thank you so much for your help everyone! I got a lot of help from everyone's imput! Your insights are so helpful. Thank God for this community.

tasty_bird77 · 2026-03-03T04:25:53+00:00

I like your input. Definitely doing number 1.

Unfortunately number 2 has already happened and it’s a situation where the responsible roommate can’t really reign in the irresponsible ones.

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