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AngelsWay Joined: 05 Jan 2010 Posts: 103	Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:40 pm  Sad, Single, and Sick When I hate being single the most? When I'm not feeling well. No one to help with the chores, the pets, the laundry, making dinner... It is when being single and alone is the most depressing to me. It is when I miss a partner-in-life the most. I am most thankful for my loving and caring God to comfort me in my time of need, yet I long for human touch and human caring. How do some of you out there deal with being sick and all alone? _________________ On the Way of Christ Jesus - AngelsWay I want to tread where angels have tread and walk as close to our Heavenly Father and our Lord Jesus Christ as I possibly can! Remaining on the Narrow Path and relying on the Holy Spirit is how that walk is happening in my life! Luke 1:37
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vixenkat_2001 Joined: 08 Jan 2010 Posts: 193	Sun Feb 28, 2010 7:39 pm  i am fortunate to have my children there for me. i just had 2 surgeries within a 7 month period. if i didn't have my kids, i would never have been able to get thru it and survive. they are my greatest treasure and blessings.
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songbyglory Joined: 10 Nov 2009 Posts: 230	Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:41 pm  I too have family around to help carry the load when I'm not feeling well, but I also had friends from my congregations. There is a group that helps out when we are not up to taking care of household chores due to illness and they have helped me out before. Call one of your sisters from church and tell her that you need some company. I hope you feel better very soon. God bless, Cheryl
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mayflower Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Posts: 446	Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:39 pm  Hmmm....well, I don't have any kind of family to take care of me when I'm sick...fortunately, I haven't had any major hospitalizations in the past 5 years (knock on wood). But if I was sick and unable to get around, I have a church family who would come to my rescue, and a good friend who would come to my rescue. God provides in the most difficult of circumstances. Just this past December, a deer ran smack into my windshield and shattered it while i was driving 65mph. Totaled my car. Fortunately, I was talking to my friend on the phone at the time, and he not only came to my rescue, but he journeyed with me through the entire process of going to the Body shop, contacting the insurance company, and then going shopping with me for a new car. The new car is paid for....yes, God provides us friends right at the precise time we need them. Blessings, Mayflower _________________ God looks at the heart...how 'bout you?
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christian101gal	Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:01 am  Friends I hope i find a friend like that i have my church family that will help me if i were to get sick especially my friend and she is in her late 80s
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AngelsWay Joined: 05 Jan 2010 Posts: 103	Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:27 pm  Thanks everyone for all your input! I am FINALLY feeling better. Praise God! What have I learned from being sick and your comments? I need to reach out more and build a network of Christian support people - friends, sisters, and brothers - that I can call on in a time of need. I am seriously lacking in this area... With God's help, I will strive to trust more and rely more on the family of God where God has placed me! _________________ On the Way of Christ Jesus - AngelsWay I want to tread where angels have tread and walk as close to our Heavenly Father and our Lord Jesus Christ as I possibly can! Remaining on the Narrow Path and relying on the Holy Spirit is how that walk is happening in my life! Luke 1:37
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harold42501	Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:41 pm  From harold42501 I do a lot of praying when i find myself thar . most of my family live a few hundred miles away and thay do care. But i depend mosty on my church family thar is noting more more comforting to me than knowing that Godly men and women are praying for me and i pray for them when thay are in need.
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Ladysharon1	Wed Mar 03, 2010 2:07 pm  A good church family is very important because they'll keep reminding you that the Lord is always with you, even if you feel like He isn't. He said that He would never leave us or forsake us. Still I understand completely that need for the physical touch and having someone physically around. When I feel like I need that, I go call or go to a friend's house. My church family is one that's always ready to give a hug when needed and it makes all the difference. I have a good friend, whom I refer to as my "adopted sister." She listens to me, even holds me when the tears get the better of me. I've been alone for quite some time now by choice and it still happens, especially if someone hurts your feelings. But all these things put together, especially going to the Lord and pouring out your heart to Him, are what will get you through every time. Most important of all, don't push to get someone in your life. Let it be God that bring that about. It's the best way. Hope this helps in some small way, AngelsWay.
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Mike760	Mon Mar 08, 2010 7:31 pm  Re: Sad, Single, and Sick AngelsWay wrote: When I hate being single the most? When I'm not feeling well. No one to help with the chores, the pets, the laundry, making dinner... It is when being single and alone is the most depressing to me. It is when I miss a partner-in-life the most. I am most thankful for my loving and caring God to comfort me in my time of need, yet I long for human touch and human caring. How do some of you out there deal with being sick and all alone? I know this feeling all too well. Know that what you are dealing with is nothing short of neglect on Gods part, and you should not be having to put up with such mistreatment. No one should be forced to be alone, or suffer without help. You'd think a loving Christ would actually care a bit more, wouldn't you? AngelsWay wrote: I am most thankful for my loving and caring God to comfort me in my time of need, You're lucky He even "Comforts" you in your time of hurt. Not all of us are so lucky you know...
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ModernReformer Joined: 20 Aug 2008 Posts: 154	Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:50 am  Re: Sad, Single, and Sick Mike760 wrote: AngelsWay wrote: When I hate being single the most? When I'm not feeling well. No one to help with the chores, the pets, the laundry, making dinner... It is when being single and alone is the most depressing to me. It is when I miss a partner-in-life the most. I am most thankful for my loving and caring God to comfort me in my time of need, yet I long for human touch and human caring. How do some of you out there deal with being sick and all alone? I know this feeling all too well. Know that what you are dealing with is nothing short of neglect on Gods part, and you should not be having to put up with such mistreatment. No one should be forced to be alone, or suffer without help. You'd think a loving Christ would actually care a bit more, wouldn't you? AngelsWay wrote: I am most thankful for my loving and caring God to comfort me in my time of need, You're lucky He even "Comforts" you in your time of hurt. Not all of us are so lucky you know... Maybe it's because you're trying to get what you want from him instead of seeking out what you actually need modern evangelical "christianity" (if it is even that) says that, if you follow God, you'll get whatever you want and never suffer - never be in pain. and if you are in pain in some way, it's because you are sinning or aren't praying enough, etc. this is a gross misrepresentation of what the christian faith is. Christ promises us in the Scriptures that we will suffer for our faith. but it is not a neglect suffering. we, as God's children go through things. We get "sick". and God is there to comfort us, but that doesn't mean that we're not sick anymore. we still have to feel the pain. any pain that we experience from sin, injustice, loneliness is not from God. It is because we live in an (apart from Christ) irreparably fallen world. We feel pain because we are filled with things that desire for other-than God. That's what the beatitudes are all about. "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted." We will mourn and be sad in life - that is a fact. but blaming it on God is like being mad at your boss because there's tax taken out of your paycheck. It's not your boss's fault there's tax taken out of that check. That's just a symptom of working in this world of greed and human futility. "But why can't God just {fill in the blank}?" He could do it; he's powerful. He most likely could just *poof* and give you a girlfriend. But maybe you don't have a girlfriend because you would seek and love them more than him - and it would destroy your faith. Because I can see already that your view of the Christian life is already so distorted that you're willing to blame God for any pain that you feel instead of realizing that it is your own fault for feeling that way you do. God cannot comfort someone who won't accept his comfort. Honestly, how often do you read your Bible every day? God's word is a lamp to your feet and a light to your path. If you're not in it, you're not being led and you will have no conception of who God really is. Through the Bible, he comforts (as well as many other things). Hang out with good, solid Christian friends. Don't be concerned about "getting a girlfriend". Seek God and, when that time comes, accept and cherish that gift that he gives you. Do not pine for anything more than you pine for him. We live in an individualistic and consumerist culture, and that has had an impact on modern Christianity. But Christianity isn't about getting "stuff" and getting more "stuff" (clothes, cars, money, girlfriends). It is about giving up everything to follow Jesus. And, once we do that, then we can truly appreciate the gifts that God can and will bestow. _________________ Charity, friends, is the best we can strive to until charity turns into death and love becomes our breath.
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AngelsWay Joined: 05 Jan 2010 Posts: 103	Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:12 pm  Thanks, ModernReformer! I was at a loss as to how to respond to this angry, hurting, and sad man who responded to my post. You did a beautiful job of it, and I am in full agreement with your response to him. It is true, brothers and sisters in Christ. God IS good! And He is good ALL THE TIME! _________________ On the Way of Christ Jesus - AngelsWay I want to tread where angels have tread and walk as close to our Heavenly Father and our Lord Jesus Christ as I possibly can! Remaining on the Narrow Path and relying on the Holy Spirit is how that walk is happening in my life! Luke 1:37
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Kristine Joined: 29 Jun 2009 Posts: 12	Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:39 pm  Re: Sad, Single, and Sick ModernReformer wrote: But Christianity isn't about getting "stuff" Spot on!
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