HOW DO YOU HANDLE FEELING WORTHLESS?

[turtletwo]

PLEASE READ THIS EVEN THOUGH LONG ( INCLUDES A POEM I WROTE WITH YOU IN MIND)

A POEM FOR YOU GUYS WITH A LONG BUT HEARTFELT INTRO:

TONIGHT I WAS FEELING DOWN AND QUESTIONING THE MEANING OF MY LIFE.
IT WAS THEN THAT GOD LED ME TO WRITE THIS POEM.
I FELT LIKE I SHOULD SHARE IT WITH YOU GUYS.
I KNOW THERE MUST BE OTHERS OUT THERE
WHO FEEL THIS WAY, TOO.

SO THIS POEM GOES OUT WITH LOVE FROM ME TO YOU. 
IT IS DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO STRUGGLE WITH CONFUSION, 
LONELINESS AND DEPRESSION.
WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN STORIES AND UNIQUE REASONS.
MINE HAS MUCH TO DO WITH HOW LIMITED I AM BY
MY CHRONIC HEALTH ISSUES 
AND DISABILITIES THAT
KEEP ME HOME BOUND.
WHAT'S YOUR STORY?
SHARE, IF YOU LIKE.

I HOPE THIS CAN SPUR ON A DISCUSSION 
OF WAYS TO COUNTERACT SATAN'S LIES
THAT TRY TO DRAG US DOWN.
FOR ME THERE IS NOTHING 
MORE POWERFUL THAN THE CROSS.
1 Corinthians 1:18 "For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness;
 but unto us which are saved it is the power of God."
PLEASE COMMENT. I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS!!!!

SOMETIMES I FEEL
 

SOMETIMES I FEEL SO VERY SMALL
LIKE NO ONE KNOWS I'M HERE AT ALL

I WONDER WHY I'M ON THIS EARTH
AND FEEL I HAVEN'T ANY WORTH

BUT THEN I THINK THIS CAN'T BE RIGHT
AND I MUST WALK BY FAITH, NOT SIGHT

FOR IF I TRUST WHAT SCRIPTURES SAY
I KNOW IT CAN NOT BE THAT WAY

THOUGH FOLKS AT TIMES MAY BE UNKIND
THE SAVIOR DIED WITH ME IN MIND

HE LOVED ME AND HE TOOK MY PLACE
SO ALL MY SINS HE COULD ERASE

THERE WILL BE TIMES I FEEL ALONE
AND MY LIFE'S PURPOSE SEEMS UNKNOWN

BUT SATAN CAN NOT TAKE FROM ME
WHAT JESUS DID AT CALVARY!

WRITTEN BY TURTLETWO ON 6-19-18
(A POEM THE LORD GAVE ME TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS)

[other one]

I find someone who needs help and do something to help them.

 

[turtletwo]

27 minutes ago, other one said:

I find someone who needs help and do something to help them.

 

 Good advice. I can attest to that. I have been making a point of doing that lately and it definitely helps. In fact, my posting this poem is a way of reaching out to those who may need to hear they are not isolated in their struggles. It is good to practice edification as the scripture sets forth. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 says,"Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do." Sometimes I am just in too much physical pain to actually do something to help. But in those moments I can still pray for others... Intercession is so important. 

[Adstar]

I realize that even in my worthless and unworthy state God still loves me and willingly suffered death to save me..

[turtletwo]

6 hours ago, Yowm said:

Apart from Jesus it is true, we are worthless! Our worth is found only as we find ourselves in Him...

Foe example read just Ephesians 1 and notice all the blessings that are found in the expression 'in whom' (KJV) or 'in Him' (most other versions).

Thanks for pointing this out. I went to Ephesians 1 just now and looked at it more closely. I found several 'in whom', just as you'd said. Oddly enough, I never thought about it that much in the way that you'd explained it.  So I am glad   you brought it to my attention. 

[Neighbor]

Hi all,

 I confess that I think I never feel small, nor not wanted at all. I may be alone, I may be alone in a crowd. Yet, I never feel small at all. 

I think of the fly on the wall poem ( My mother'sversion) and then I don't feel so small at all. I am happy to be where I am, and what I am, for it is what God made me to be. 

My mother used to entertain me with it:

Little fly upon the wall
Ain't you got no friends at all?
Ain't you got no father, mother?
Ain't you got no sister, brother?
Ain't you got no shabby shirt?
Ain't you got no petticoat?
Little fly, d'you want to see God?

Splat!

I am not a speck on the wall I am what God has made me to be. Glory be to God for his kindness.
 

Edited June 20, 2018 by Neighbor

[Billiards Ball]

On 6/19/2018 at 6:40 AM, turtletwo said:

PLEASE READ THIS EVEN THOUGH LONG ( INCLUDES A POEM I WROTE WITH YOU IN MIND)

A POEM FOR YOU GUYS WITH A LONG BUT HEARTFELT INTRO:

TONIGHT I WAS FEELING DOWN AND QUESTIONING THE MEANING OF MY LIFE.
IT WAS THEN THAT GOD LED ME TO WRITE THIS POEM.
I FELT LIKE I SHOULD SHARE IT WITH YOU GUYS.
I KNOW THERE MUST BE OTHERS OUT THERE
WHO FEEL THIS WAY, TOO.

SO THIS POEM GOES OUT WITH LOVE FROM ME TO YOU. 
IT IS DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO STRUGGLE WITH CONFUSION, 
LONELINESS AND DEPRESSION.
WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN STORIES AND UNIQUE REASONS.
MINE HAS MUCH TO DO WITH HOW LIMITED I AM BY
MY CHRONIC HEALTH ISSUES 
AND DISABILITIES THAT
KEEP ME HOME BOUND.
WHAT'S YOUR STORY?
SHARE, IF YOU LIKE.

I HOPE THIS CAN SPUR ON A DISCUSSION 
OF WAYS TO COUNTERACT SATAN'S LIES
THAT TRY TO DRAG US DOWN.
FOR ME THERE IS NOTHING 
MORE POWERFUL THAN THE CROSS.
1 Corinthians 1:18 "For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness;
 but unto us which are saved it is the power of God."
PLEASE COMMENT. I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS!!!!

SOMETIMES I FEEL
 

SOMETIMES I FEEL SO VERY SMALL
LIKE NO ONE KNOWS I'M HERE AT ALL

I WONDER WHY I'M ON THIS EARTH
AND FEEL I HAVEN'T ANY WORTH

BUT THEN I THINK THIS CAN'T BE RIGHT
AND I MUST WALK BY FAITH, NOT SIGHT

FOR IF I TRUST WHAT SCRIPTURES SAY
I KNOW IT CAN NOT BE THAT WAY

THOUGH FOLKS AT TIMES MAY BE UNKIND
THE SAVIOR DIED WITH ME IN MIND

HE LOVED ME AND HE TOOK MY PLACE
SO ALL MY SINS HE COULD ERASE

THERE WILL BE TIMES I FEEL ALONE
AND MY LIFE'S PURPOSE SEEMS UNKNOWN

BUT SATAN CAN NOT TAKE FROM ME
WHAT JESUS DID AT CALVARY!

WRITTEN BY TURTLETWO ON 6-19-18
(A POEM THE LORD GAVE ME TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS)

A lovely poem! Let us both praise Jesus for giving you this spiritual gift to encourage others.

[HikerMom]

@turtletwo  Saying a prayer for God to give you insight and wisdom into this feeling you have and how to change it!!  Blessings and peace be with you!!

[Chrisy]

Lovely poem. The truth is that u never have to feel worthless because you're NOT. Take this from a teen, we all worry about work, health or whatever but we don't need to because we have JESUS and PRAYERS. Whenever i have problems (big or small) i take them to God. And he ALWAYS answers, just in a way we might not expect. You may question God because things didn't go as u planned but  Man Proposes God Disposes. He knows why u had that disease or why u had that accident or why u got divorced or whatever. It is because he loves u and has plans 4 u. E.g A man who was rich and now poor may blame God for his "misfortune". He doesn't know that it was part of God's plan for him to become poor so he may experience what others are suffering and become a philanthropist. And ofcourse he will learn skills and make friends with people he might not have made friends with when he was rich. So noone has to feel worthless because God loves them and has plans for them. Remember this: Everytime life gives u lemons is an opportunity from God to refresh yourself with lemonade

God Bless U Always

[turtletwo]

3 minutes ago, HikerMom said:

@turtletwo  Saying a prayer for God to give you insight and wisdom into this feeling you have and how to change it!!  Blessings and peace be with you!!

Thank you.  That is kind of you. Intercessory prayers for one another are so important in the body of Christ! Please read my update below, which I will be posting shortly.