Originally posted by lsmith42 Father, as we enter this season of celebration, it is also a season of stress for so many of us for so many reasons. I pray that You, who sent us the Prince of Peace, would send peace again this season. Not general peace for the world, but peace to our everyday, walking around lives.
Help us to see others around us with the love that You have for them, especially when they really bug us. Help us to remember that they are people that You dearly love as well. Give us wisdom and understanding to deal with them in a way that is healthy and loving.
Finally, do in our own hearts the work that needs to be done, to make us into the people You want us to be. We are alive to become like Your Son, in whose name we pray. Amen.
Originally posted by RUgoinup I am very shocked & saddened to hear this, I have, and will pray for all involved & effected by this horror. I'm from Katy, TX, I know where Sugar Land is, my best friend lives there.
Last night I was thinking about all of the evil people in the world, and this proves that there are many. You just don't shoot someones mother!
I pray that those responsible will ask for forgiveness from God and the Whitaker family, and recieve wrath from the State Judge and Jury.
Thank you for your prayers and I'm sorry I didnt reply sooner. Its been several weeks since the shooting and there is still no suspect in the case, and police say they have little to go on. I hope that soon the person who did this is caught.
Thanks again for making this thread for everyone here. Its really nice to see something like this on a messageboard for car enthusiasts.
Just found out that I will be unemployed as of 13 Feb. God has taken care of me before, but I am still concerned. Last time, I was off for 16 months, and it cost me my home and marriage.
Thanks for your prayers!
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I'm not admitting to any modifications to my vehicle whatsoever... you can't make me...
On Tuesday, 12/30/03, my fiancee Josh and I were heading towards monticello going west on I-94. By Rogers we passed a severe accident that looked to have happened maybe 5 minutes before we got there. That was around 10 pm. Around 1 am we were heading home and they were still cleaning up the mess. The next morning at work, Josh e-mailed me and told me that people had died in the accident. Then he e-mailed me again and told me that he knew someone who died in the accident. Then a third e-mail, informing me that a good friend of ours named Matt had been killed in the accident.
The accident report states that Matt was riding with another friend of ours, Kris. Kris was driving. Matt reportedly had grabbed the steering wheel when Kris was trying to change lanes, attempting to avoid hitting another car. Kris lost control and went through the median into oncoming traffic and crashed head on with a Mazda. Kris woke up in the back seat, with Matt nowhere to be seen. Kris got out of the car, saw Matt laying in the ditch, and went to attempt to wake him up. Matt had been thrown through the passanger window and was pronounced dead on the scene. Neither of them were wearing seatbelts. Kris and the other driver were taken to the hospital and released with minimal to no injuries.
The worst part about it was they were heading home from our house. We had left before them, and had actually gone east on I-94 to taunt an accord and a GTP. Then turned around and headed back. When we drove past the accident we had no idea it was them. We went and saw the cars yesterday. Kris's car, a saturn, has the whole entire front end smashed in. The Mazda's entire drivers side was smashed in.
Regardless that nobody knows Kris or Matt, we're having a hard time dealing with this. I couldn't think of anyone who would provide better support, and prayers, than our friends here. Matt will be in our hearts forever.
Ok, This may Not seem serious.. but by all means it is.. I've Struggled with depresseion for .. quite some time.. yes I'm young and I realize theres more to life then just material posessions.. but When you grow up in a 2 bed room broken apartment.. nothing new ever, No heat or a/c, bugs, and abuse family .. well you'd probably hate life too.. I'm Over the fact that you know.. the past 20 years has been wasted.. but I can't stop contemplating .. the fatal S word. I won't go to a councelor.. tried that many times.. I ended up telling them how to fix their lives *shrugs* but anyway.. I'd just like to be happy for once.. and I have been out of a job for 9 months.. why is nobody hiring? I don't understand Why things go wrong when they do .. usually just when we think things can't get worse.. I just want the depression to stop.. I would like to see pogress.. by means of oppurtunities.. possibly for better jobs for my family.. or maybe Just the ability to learn to cope with what were given .. because we can't really change whats going on here to soon.. not with out a miracle anyway. I have prayed several times.. for god to just not let me wake up in the morning, because if he is good id rather be with him then in this cruel world. IM 20 years old, names brett.
this isnt meant to scare people, i promise i wont die.. well by suicide anyway, I just felt like sharing maybe someone will hear me .. *straight face* good day everyone, I prayed for all you too! Sincerely, Brett
Remember that there is One who knows what you're dealing with better than we could understand, even better than you can describe.
No details, but many have dealt with the kind of pain and depression you're struggling with (still do on some days).
My prayer for you is not for escape, but for strength to endure. When you are going through these things, nothing anyone else (even a counselor) says really helps.
Here are my comments (they're worth exactly what you paid for them):
- Deal with today only. It's old stuff, but you cannot do anything about the past or the future, but you can do something about today.
- Don't look for the silver bullet. There is no one thing that will make all your problems go away. Look for what you can do today, and do it. Even if it's something as simple as washing your car or taking out the trash or showering or doig the laundry. Do something so that at the end of the day, you can look back at something positive having been accomplished.
- This may sound over-simple: eat properly.
- This is also over simple: get regular sleep.
- This is even more simple: get away from your computer and go for a walk. It's good for your body and good for your mind. Do that as often as you can.
These are just the beginning steps to dealing with depression - and they DO work. Once you can deal with today, you will be able to start dealing with the roots of your depression. Also, if you have insurance, go have blood tests to be sure this is not a chemical imbalance. Yes, you have your past, but don't let your body sabotage your future.
I don't have all the answers, but He does. And He freely gives to all who ask...
Brett,
I am not a good speaker but be strong. Our thoughts & prayers are with you. Like what was said above "deal with today". You have a large family here that cares about what happens to you. You will be a stronger person for having made it through any adversity.
i just finished reading your post. and like everyone says, "deal with today" don't worry about what happened yesterday, nor should you worry about tomorrow. always remember life isn't hard unless you make it hard. there is always someone who has it harder than you, just be thankful for what you do have. if you can't be thankful or happy for what you have now than what makes you think you'll be happier. it's like people that wish they can win the lottery, they wish and wish then finally it comes true and when it does they're still not satisfied. because they're complaining about the media maybe family all of a sudden coming around. so yeah they have the money but that's it. you kinda get my drift it's hard to type my thoughts... Brett live life to the fullest until God permits.. don't worry things will be okay, besides like slow4dr said you have a big family here that cares for you... there is a job out there for you Brett, you just gotta keep looking. take for instance me i was out of a job for 3 months, i didn't want to work at a gas station, nor did i want to work at the grocery store, i wanted something that would get me somewhere, but as i've come to learn you gotta take what you can get. so i took a job at the dry cleaner 7.00 an hr. not much but it's was something til' i found something better. i worked there for like 7 months but within those 7 months i keeped looking and now i work for a Lymphedema Care Center, i run the front office and make 10 bucks an hour... basically Brett i'm trying to say keep your head up high i promise things will happen.. just takes time and patience.. remember if you ever need anyone to talk to we're all here for you..
I need you all to pray for my father. Looks like this may be his last year with us. I also need you to pray for me. Pray for me to be strong, in the sense that if he should pass, that I can be strong for my mother. I feel I should say something more, but as I write this it really seems out of place. Thanks for your time.
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Rojaa i sent you all of my blessings and prayers
just keep your head up high and always remember it only takes a smile to make the dark day(s) seem brite. just know he will be in a safer place...
hey guys...what's up...i don't know how many of you really care about this...some of you might even tell me to stop whining and grow up and move on...but i just need to get this out here. Well, it's been 6 months and 2 days since my girlfriend(now exgirlfriend=( ),Christine, broke up with me. Let me start from the beginning....she and i met back when i was only a freshmen in highschool, and she was in 8th grade. I had a "girlfriend"..you know...one of those 9th grade puppy love things every "early teen kid" had going on at that age. She had a "boyfriend" too. Well...it was at a Christmas party for the Viper club that we met at. However, we never said a word to each other, that's the funny part. We only merely saw one another sitting across the room from each other. I still remember it like it was yesterday, she had a black skirt knee length on, and a red blouse top. Completely beautiful. After the party was over, we both went our separate ways...which put us 2hrs (160miles) apart:(. All the way home all i thought about was her. I got home, and the next day i started looking for her screen name on AOL. I found it! I IMed her and it was her mom online...she went and called Christine to come in the house cause i was online, and Christine remembered me! That's when we started talking, over the computer about a week or so after that party. We talked for 8 months on the computer, without ever getting to meet. We first met up for dinner near her home(my family and i drove down there) and we ate at this outdoor italian restaurant. It was perfect:) However, some nearby birds decided to shit on my head in the middle of dinner and i had berries in my hair that i had to excuse myself to go wash out lol. After that I saw her again that Christmas. We talked on the phone occasionally and on the computer a lot. From that point of that Christmas, she came her to spend a 3-day weekend. We used to meet half way...(we were too young to drive, so our parents helped us out)...and then we'd alternate one month...she'd come here to my house to live w/my family and i, and the next month i'd go to her place to live w/her and her family. We did that once a month every month....until one time she came here to my house my sophomore year in highschool....on March 24, 2002 at 12:50am...i remember it exactly...i asked her to be my girlfriend. She said yes, and that's when it started. We were perfect together...she didn't smoke, neither did i, she didnt drink, neither did i, she wasn't some party bitch, neither was i, she went to church, so did i, she loved God, so did I. We kept seeing one another once a month for those 3 day weekends, and in the summer we'd spend an entire week together alternating each month. Towards the ending of the relationship...it began to get more and more difficult to see her even once a month. For 2 reasons....#1 to start with was her mother...she wanted her daughter to have a b/f close by...not 2hrs away. MAINLY because she couldn't stand and was jealous that her daughter confided in ME more than HER. She didn't want to be inconveinenced anymore by having to drive her daughter a HUGE WHOPPING ONE HOUR ONCE A MONTH to meet me half way...that was too much and took too much time away from her schedule i guess. Besides that hastle of trying to get her to do that, FINALLY when Christine and I each had our licenses...her mom would make plans OVER our's to see each other even though we planned it the month before we were going to get together, and her mom would plan to go get a hotel room or go out with friends for the weekend to have "date nights" together, forcing Christine to stay home alone at only 16 years old to babysit her two younger sisters. Reason #2 was her friends. They thought she should have some local yocal guy instead of a nice out of state guy. They were a minor influence, not as major as her mom was, but nonetheless, an influence. Christine fought the hastling and nagging and bitching from her mother about me for so long...and guess she finally snapped. She called me last summer ('03) on July 17th, 2003 and told me she didn't want us to be a couple anymore. We've been best friends since she was in 8th grade(NOW in 11th) and since i was a freshmen in 9th grade(NOW i'm a Senior graduating on May 14th, 2004). She didn't want to lose our friendship, cause we've been BEST FRIENDS ANNNNDDDD boyfriend and girlfriend...but she didn't want the b/f g/f thing anymore, just the friends=( and its soooo hard to accept that. I dont want to lose the friendship either, cause then i'll have nothing anymore of her:( We still talk to each other on AOL and occasionally on the phone...last night for one for an hour and a half, and i just cried after i got off the phone. She's had a boyfriend for nearly 6 months now, i asked her if she loves him and she repeatedly tells me NO!!!! she doesn't love ANYONE she says...she only really likes him..but doesn't love him. I've told her how i feel about her still, and she keeps telling me she wants me to be happy with someone. But I'll only be happy with her. I love her w/all my heart and soul and even though i'm 18, God is telling me she's the one, but she's not sensing it:( :buaaaa!: :ugh: I need desparate prayer...I just want her back....i used to love cars sooo much, and think they were THE coolest thing...along w/expensive things w/cars and other hobbies...but she's really made my eyes open up....i'd give up all i have, EVEN my stupid SRT4 for her, i'd die for her...and she knows it. Nothing matter's unless its about her. The two most important things in my life have been God, and Christine:( I can't live without her, i've barely been doing it for the past 6 months without her as my own :crying: So I'm asking you all, please...please keep me in your prayers, as well as Christine in that God will bring the two of us back together in His name once again, only this time make it forever. I truly am IN love with her, and there is no other like her out there, believe me, i've looked over and over and nothing feels right to me. When I've been with any other girl it felt totally wrong and like i was cheating on Christine, even though she's been broken up w/me for 6 months:( Whenever i was with another girl since, i see Christine, but realize that the girl ISN'T Christine and I feel sick and dirty and horrible all over:( I need her back, she's every breath i take, ever beat my heart puts out, everything that is love to me. Thank you all for taking the time to read this, I truly and really appreciate all your help and prayer, may God bless and be with you all always.
I'm still praying for everyone that has posted here.
Brett: Please go back & read my response to Bubba's request if you haven't already.
Christian: You are still very young, and many of us have gone through the same situation that you are experiencing. In my life, I'm glad those relationships failed, if they hadn't failed I would have never met my wife.
God is always looking out for your best interest, if Christine is the one for you then you two will be together again one day, if she's not, rest assured, God will bring you a mate that will make you as happy, or even happier than Christine made you. Continue to cultivate your relationship with God, the one that will never "break up with you!"
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RUgoinUp 2 Heaven? Ever lie, steal, dishonor your parents, commit adultery, use God's name in vain? Those are only 5 of the 10 Commandments. Breaking one condemns you to Hell. Claiming to be a good person won't work in a court of law, nor will it when you stand before God. If you want Heaven, admit you're guilty and ask God to forgive you solely on Jesus' death on a cross. Then love God with all your heart, and love people too.
I'm still praying for everyone that has posted here.
Christian: You are still very young, and many of us have gone through the same situation that you are experiencing. In my life, I'm glad those relationships failed, if they hadn't failed I would have never met my wife.
God is always looking out for your best interest, if Christine is the one for you then you two will be together again one day, if she's not, rest assured, God will bring you a mate that will make you as happy, or even happier than Christine made you. Continue to cultivate your relationship with God, the one that will never "break up with you!"
Thank you so much for the touching words, you brought tears to my eyes just by me reading what you had to say in response to my prayer request I appreciate more than you know, and I continue to pray every day and night that God lead me on the right path w/this whole situation. thank you!
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