Comments on: “God Can’t Use Me” http://online.gccwiredblogs.com/2010/01/21/god-cant-use-me/ Online Church Blog Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:30:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: mark http://online.gccwiredblogs.com/2010/01/21/god-cant-use-me/comment-page-1/#comment-83 mark Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:07:37 +0000 http://online.gccwiredblogs.com/?p=229#comment-83 Meera- sorry but I put "JoAnne" in the response, had a few posts I responded to there... My apologies... Mark Meera- sorry but I put “JoAnne” in the response, had a few posts I responded to there… My apologies… Mark

]]> By: mark http://online.gccwiredblogs.com/2010/01/21/god-cant-use-me/comment-page-1/#comment-82 mark Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:40:32 +0000 http://online.gccwiredblogs.com/?p=229#comment-82 Joanne: I am so sorry to hear about the pain in your life. In my experiences, (a failed business, a runaway daughter, being on the bring of financial disaster, a marriage that was on the brink of divorce) God wants to "redeem" our past or "use" to either help others or to bring life change. Jesus himself was mocked, spit upon, crucified... If anyone could have changed circumstances or his past, it certainly would have been Him. This doesn't help you right now in this moment I'm guessing. You matter to God, your future matters to God. I think it's a powerful prayer to God to be completely honest with Him... "God, what am I supposed to do with my past? If I'm still here, what is the purpose in my life? Please bring people into my life that can help me take steps because I can't do it on my own." I will be praying for you that God will do these things. Also, I recommend getting additional help... I've benefited from seeing a few different counselors over the years to help me process past pain and how to deal with the relationships in my life. If you are in the Michiana area, I can give you a name you could start with through the church as a first step. Many years of pain may take some time to unravel and God has blessed people with the gift to help people navigate through this. You matter Joanne, I will be praying for you along with others. Mark Joanne:
I am so sorry to hear about the pain in your life. In my experiences, (a failed business, a runaway daughter, being on the bring of financial disaster, a marriage that was on the brink of divorce) God wants to “redeem” our past or “use” to either help others or to bring life change. Jesus himself was mocked, spit upon, crucified… If anyone could have changed circumstances or his past, it certainly would have been Him. This doesn’t help you right now in this moment I’m guessing. You matter to God, your future matters to God. I think it’s a powerful prayer to God to be completely honest with Him… “God, what am I supposed to do with my past? If I’m still here, what is the purpose in my life? Please bring people into my life that can help me take steps because I can’t do it on my own.”

I will be praying for you that God will do these things. Also, I recommend getting additional help… I’ve benefited from seeing a few different counselors over the years to help me process past pain and how to deal with the relationships in my life. If you are in the Michiana area, I can give you a name you could start with through the church as a first step. Many years of pain may take some time to unravel and God has blessed people with the gift to help people navigate through this.

You matter Joanne, I will be praying for you along with others. Mark

]]> By: Meera http://online.gccwiredblogs.com/2010/01/21/god-cant-use-me/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Meera Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:06:20 +0000 http://online.gccwiredblogs.com/?p=229#comment-81 I do not understand many things that you have written. Neither am I in a mood to understand. For 20 years my life has been drowning more and more, making me always long for my past which was always better than my present. Now I have loist everythinbg inmy life, I have crossed marriageable age and I am unmarried woman, cheated by people, I messed up falling into some people's traps, my career did not go as per my ambitions even though even at this age I worked much harder, people who promised to take care of my carer have now become my enemies, becasue of depression iwas suffering from head ache for 15 months, which has only worsened last 1 year after I was put to severe shock by one person, I also did mistakes and cried and cried to god for y helplessness,the lst is endless. Now I desperatelyt want my past few years back where I messed up and made things go completely out of my hand. My mind is not resting in peace even for one minute, I go to temples and cry everyday, but day only moves on. I know past cannot come back, not even god can change the past. But I cannot accept and console myself. I had suffered so much and each time I have only accepted. This time I cannot accept and I ask god to end my life if He cannot change my past. Ia min no mood to move on as I am feeling very very sick. I have given God only 2 choices, either he correscts my past and give a good life at the age I am in now or He gives me death. Please tell me how do I communicate with god about this? I am tired of talking and crying to Him everyday and every moment. People tell me God has some other plans for me, I am tired of this and I do not want any ohtert plan. I always accepted God's plans and I am very much suffering. I do not understand many things that you have written. Neither am I in a mood to understand. For 20 years my life has been drowning more and more, making me always long for my past which was always better than my present. Now I have loist everythinbg inmy life, I have crossed marriageable age and I am unmarried woman, cheated by people, I messed up falling into some people’s traps, my career did not go as per my ambitions even though even at this age I worked much harder, people who promised to take care of my carer have now become my enemies, becasue of depression iwas suffering from head ache for 15 months, which has only worsened last 1 year after I was put to severe shock by one person, I also did mistakes and cried and cried to god for y helplessness,the lst is endless. Now I desperatelyt want my past few years back where I messed up and made things go completely out of my hand. My mind is not resting in peace even for one minute, I go to temples and cry everyday, but day only moves on. I know past cannot come back, not even god can change the past. But I cannot accept and console myself. I had suffered so much and each time I have only accepted. This time I cannot accept and I ask god to end my life if He cannot change my past. Ia min no mood to move on as I am feeling very very sick. I have given God only 2 choices, either he correscts my past and give a good life at the age I am in now or He gives me death. Please tell me how do I communicate with god about this? I am tired of talking and crying to Him everyday and every moment. People tell me God has some other plans for me, I am tired of this and I do not want any ohtert plan. I always accepted God’s plans and I am very much suffering.

]]> By: mark http://online.gccwiredblogs.com/2010/01/21/god-cant-use-me/comment-page-1/#comment-80 mark Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:55:26 +0000 http://online.gccwiredblogs.com/?p=229#comment-80 Hey Joanne: I'm taking a stab a bit here at you question, I may be missing the context a bit... In my past, I know I've been frustrated with wanting to feel like I was doing more or what I was doing seemed insignificant... After being frustrated for several months, I had to tell myself, "Be faithful in the things and the people God has put in my life today..." I thought I should be doing more, but I realized God wanted me to be faithful in what and who was already in my life.... whether that was one person, or twenty... If God's using others around you, that's something worth celebrating. Other times in my life I've felt like I was trying to "force" something or create some scenario in ministry that God would use and bless. Again, I made this about me. In the book Experiencing God, it recommends "look for where God is already at work and join that effort"... I can easily slip back into "create" mode which is usually my own effort which equates to a pretty small result rather than having God leading me. Not sure if any of this connects to what your question was, but that's been my experience. I pray that God will bring clarity into your purpose for you life and what your next steps are. Mark Meyer Hey Joanne:

I’m taking a stab a bit here at you question, I may be missing the context a bit…

In my past, I know I’ve been frustrated with wanting to feel like I was doing more or what I was doing seemed insignificant… After being frustrated for several months, I had to tell myself, “Be faithful in the things and the people God has put in my life today…” I thought I should be doing more, but I realized God wanted me to be faithful in what and who was already in my life…. whether that was one person, or twenty…

If God’s using others around you, that’s something worth celebrating.

Other times in my life I’ve felt like I was trying to “force” something or create some scenario in ministry that God would use and bless. Again, I made this about me. In the book Experiencing God, it recommends “look for where God is already at work and join that effort”… I can easily slip back into “create” mode which is usually my own effort which equates to a pretty small result rather than having God leading me.

Not sure if any of this connects to what your question was, but that’s been my experience. I pray that God will bring clarity into your purpose for you life and what your next steps are. Mark Meyer

]]> By: joanne http://online.gccwiredblogs.com/2010/01/21/god-cant-use-me/comment-page-1/#comment-79 joanne Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:49:59 +0000 http://online.gccwiredblogs.com/?p=229#comment-79 When you want to do great things for God and it seems like He keeps using the same person or others around you all the time, what do you do? When you want to do great things for God and it seems like He keeps using the same person or others around you all the time, what do you do?

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