Bible Discussion Thread

Dear Heavenly Father, I come to your throne of grace to ask you to help me and my husband to stop fighting. Thank you for another day. Thankyou for loving me unconditionally. Thank you for keeping a roof over our heads.Thank you for our pellet stove, for hot water, Indoor plumbing, my salvation. my health, my grandkids, our daughter, Good friends, good neighbors, our church family, our faithful pastor and his wife and their 5 children. Please help me to be me again. It's coming up on my sister's 3rd anniversary of being in Heaven. I miss her so much. I don't understand why I am still here?? I have lost my way, not my salvation, my purpose for my life. I don't know why I am still here. I lost my Dad in 2015 to pancreatic cancer, and then my mom in 2016 to lukemia, and then my beautiful sister passed away in 2021 due to lung cancer and she never smoked. I had uterean cancer in 2018 and God decided to heal me. I was praying the same prayer for my sister. I know God has told me that it was just her time. But, I am the oldest and I always thought I would be the one to go first. My sister was 19 months youger than me. I don't understand why I am still here. I wish that Jesus would come back and I could be re-united with my Dad and sister. There are more that I miss but, my sister has been the hardest death on me. I know that Gods' word says that Jesus goes and prepares a place for those who believe that he is the son of God, the messiah, the prince of peace, ect. But, I just don't understand why my 3 family members had to suffer with cancer and why I am still here??? Thank you for hearing my prayer in Jesus name I pray amen.

God wants you hear on earth to keep spreading the good news of jesus christ. i realize you and your family are under a lot of stress. god is in control of your situation. continue giving love like you are. god knows your heart and he loves you very much. may god bless you and your family.

Dear Debora , your post touched my heart . Ten years ago I was treated for and survived stage four cancer . You gave thanks for a few people there , your daughter and grandkids etc . I don't have any of those . The only thing I'm sure of is that I'm still here because God wants me to be . I don't know why He wants me to be but He does . I can try to guess , I have a husband who is very vulnerable and relies on me a lot , I have an aging mother in law who will need looking after in the future , my parents who are old and very frail have three kids but I'm the only one who does anything for them . There's three things to start with , nevermind the things that are coming in the future that I know nothing about . You are here because God wants you to be here . Maybe your family need you more than you know , God knows , He knows the future . He knows what you are going to do in the future . He knows how He is going to use you in the future . You , as a Christian , are a vessel , you have surrendered yourself to God , through Christ . You have submitted your life to Him and He is going to use you to fulfill a purpose . It may be something that we might think of as small , we may never know what effect we have had on someone else . You are needed . I have two friends who told me that I saved their lives . I didn't talk them down from a fifty foot ledge , I didn't run into a burning building . I was just there when they needed someone . That's all . God loves my friends so maybe He used me to help them ? Who knows , not me , not you but God knows . He still has things He wants you to do , He knows you and your personality and He is going to use you because you are His vessel . What a privilege :) Rejoice in His love and mercy and blessings and in the life that He has preserved for you . Do His will gladly and you will be blessed . Trust Him and thank Him and be happy , He is with you and you are being used by Him every day , every time you smile at someone , He is too .