This so resonates. I shared this morning with The Father my insecurities, aloneness. And the voice in my mind that says im alone, not good enough. He met me here tonight. Thank you Jesus in gratitude for his love and kindness. I pray he speaks to others here as clearly as he spoke to me. Holy Glory !
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I don’t know if I can put any kind of positive spin on this because lately God’s will seems to be yanking everything I love away from me. I’ve lost a lot of people I’ve loved and I’ve had friends turn against me for I don’t even know what reason and I keep asking God to try to help me see the good that’s going to come of this but for the last two years it’s just beat me down into the ground where I don’t even want to get up anymore. So “thy will be done” is too scary because his will being done is hurting me beyond my comprehension.
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Hello @Sheba0907
God has given you the answer already. It is in His Word.
"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person’s enemies will be those of his own household.” Matthew 10:34-36
The Word of God offendspeople who do not know God.
“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12
You and your childhood group of friends. Think about them. You all did the same things. The good, the bad, the ugly. Think about your close nit inner circle of friends you had before you got saved. You all did the same things. The good, the bad, the ugly. You know their secrets, and they know yours. You were all the same.
Herein lies the problem. You are no longer the same. The Word declares that once you are saved, you,
“have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him.” Colossians 3:10
But they are not new. They have not changed. They are the same. They still drink, do whatever, and mess around with this or that. Sleep around. Look at things you should no longer be looking at. Doing the things you USED to do, but now should no longer be doing. They are still doing and enjoying doing these things.
In a lot of cases, they want YOU to still be doing all these things too. When you say no? They become offended, and they think you think you are better than them. The sad truth is, no matter how much you may desire to have them join you and accept Jesus and give up their sin, unless God Himself calls them, and they decide for themselves to accept the call, they will never even hear what you say. Why? Because you are speaking a new tongue. You are speaking spiritually. They are seeing, hearing, and living in the flesh. Look what Jesus told the religious folks of the day.
“Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.” John 8:43
Your other family members are the same way. It is a personal decision to accept and believe or reject and not believe. However, Jesus gives us this assurance. Once you become adopted into the family, you then receive many more brothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers. You are adopted into a very large family. The Family of God. Look what Jesus says here.
“Peter began to say to him, “See, we have left everything and followed you.” Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”” Mark 10:28–31
Sometimes we have to let go. Follow Jesus. Don’t look back. He loves you, and He will show you the way.
Peter
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I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you have been concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:10-13.
Lately, life has been feeling very heavy but at the same time, peaceful. With my Lord present in my life, I feel so much joy. Thank you for sharing this prayer tonight and thank you for community! God bless you. 
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I just want to remind everyone that these devotionals can also be listened to at your convenience!
Here’s just one of the latest episodes:
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I lost my son also, ten years ago. Prayers for you and your family. It never get any easier either. They may be gone, bet never forgotten.
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Welcome @Amber1
Glad you found us. Please feel free to participate in any of the topics or create one yourself. We are all here to share life and grow in faith together.
Peter
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I am guilty of not slowing down to rest 
This was a good reminder.
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Thank you for this.
The reminder that peace is something we can return to really stood out to me tonight. It’s easy to get caught up in everything during the day, but just taking a moment to pause and be still makes such a difference.
Praying for a calm and restful night for everyone here.
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“Have I made peace something to chase after or rest in?” — 
Truly such a good reminder. I’m definitely guilty of chasing after peace, but it is so elusive, and I’m not going to attain it through more striving. Sometimes rest is the harder thing to do, but that’s why it takes faith.
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'“He is not rushed. He is not distracted. He is not overwhelmed by our repetition or our need. He welcomes it.” I needed this reminder that nothing we are carrying is too much for God.
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Welcome @haleytallman Stick around for a while.
Peter
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Dearests, this evening’s prayer is in God’s timing. My husband and I question our decision to move east again on a more semi-permanent basis on our low income. I just know things will ALL work out. My husband finds that trust difficult, with his aging PTSD. Thank you for the article Steady Steps in Uncertain and prayer. We have had so many discussions.
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Welcome, @grr8blu4457. Glad you are here. I will pray that God leads you to the right decision. May the Lord our God go before you as your way maker, as well as behind you as your rear guard, and may He be with you, always.
Please feel free to ask anything. Either I or others here will be happy to try to answer it for you.
Peter
The message help me surrender today’s worries to God by reminding me that He is God and that I shall not fear not and that He is always with me.
I want to share scripture from John 16:33 “That in me ye might have peace.” I just want to encourage myself and others that we have to trust the process and have faith that God is working all things out for our good even when it doesn’t looks or seems that way.
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This is the only comment in this whole thread that makes sense to me. I lost my husband suddenly 18 months ago to of course, the dreaded cancer. I can’t recuperate. I have some good days but most days I really doubt that God even wants me around anymore and I wonder why I’m still alive. It hurts more than anybody could ever imagine until it happens to you. I visit his grave almost every day. I talk to him constantly at home. But I don’t feel that God’s with me anymore like I did when my husband was alive. He was the better half of me and kept me strong and helped me through all my insecurities and abandonments of childhood. We were married 45 years and I still am angry that God took him so suddenly.
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I understand what you are going through. I lost my oldest son. But I have never blamed God. Maybe look at it in a different light. If you are born again you will meet your husband in heaven. I know for a fact I will see my son there! Prayers for you.
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I read your post who you are and what happens matters.I’m a hopeless romantic. I’m sorry to hear of this with you. Yes a piece of us is gone with our loved one’s soul. God is grieving with you, it can feel empty after my near death experience I felt empty hollow people said I became someone else it has to do with the personality too it’s hard to describe I also struggle with being after all is said and done. Let’s try to be hopeful after together . Do me a favor and let me know if you hear from the Lord in scripture and I will do the same.
I walked a bit with someone who was dying of cancer. The Lord gave me a verse to share with her and it was Psalm 116:15
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.” NKJ
But she didn’t get it, so I looked up the NLT version and shared that.
“The Lord cares deeply when His loved ones die.”
She clung to that verse. She asked her Pastor to read her the Psalm when he visited her in the hospital. During her funeral, it was what the Pastor talked about and shared with all of us.
May it be a blessing to any who are in need of it.