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Is it a sin to not live my best possible life?

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I dont want to get married or have kids. I dont want a big career or anything. I have a job, come home and going to bible study now and again. maybe visiting a friend once every so often. that is my life. i dont really try for much more. in my spare time i watch films and knit....

am i sinning?

I suppose i could put myself out there more, volunteer or even get married and have kids, but i dont want to. i could also be more ambitious but i dont want to be. i kind of have issues and i kind of feel better selling myself short....

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Are you serious? :24:

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The purpose of life is basically to glorify God in our lives. You can do that without getting married, etc. However, maybe this is just something you should pray about and see if you should be doing more. If you feel guilty somehow and feel like you could be volunteering more, or be more involved at church, or something, then maybe a change is in order.

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I dont want to get married or have kids. I dont want a big career or anything. I have a job, come home and going to bible study now and again. maybe visiting a friend once every so often. that is my life. i dont really try for much more. in my spare time i watch films and knit....

am i sinning?

I suppose i could put myself out there more, volunteer or even get married and have kids, but i dont want to. i could also be more ambitious but i dont want to be. i kind of have issues and i kind of feel better selling myself short....

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You know that the Holy Spirit is stirring your heart. If that wasn't true, you would not have made this post. You speak of going to Bible Study "now and again" and say that you "kind of" have issues. You know that you have serious problems. You know that you are indeed selling yourself short. Is your life style a sin? Maybe. Is it a potentially tragic mistake? Definitely.

I think the Holy Spirit is pushing you to come out of hiding and move toward the life God has picked out for you. I think that you have established a routine for living (a rut) that helps you avoid dealing with issues. That routine is called "isolation" and isolation is deadly. Sure, you are physically around people, but you are shunning in-depth relationships. You don't want anyone to get close to you. You don't even want God to get close, hence the "now and again" attitude toward Bible Study. You keep everyone at arms-length.

The fruit of a life style of isolation is loneliness and loneliness is, in reality, a miserable way to live.. I know. I'm a recovering alcoholic and, as an alcoholic, I kept myself numb. I was isolated for many years. My behaviors nearly destroyed

me, my marriage and my family. How mistaken I was to think that I wasn't hurting anyone other than myself.

I, too, was afraid of change. But I chose to let the Lord take my hand and lead me out of bondage. I chose to take off the mask of denial and let Him work in my life. And I tell you that doing so has brought about an awesome and wonderful change in my life.

I suggest that you get good Christian counselling, as I did, and deal with the issues instead of trying to run from them. And get into the center of that Bible Study, open your heart to a couple of people. Share your lifestory with them and listen to theirs. You may be surprised to find that you have some things in common with them that will be healing to you.

SLE

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A mediocre life only produces mediocre happiness. That doesn't sound so fun to me. Gos is willing to give you a life with joy abundant if you will take it. That sounds much better to me. :24:

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Well, Hon, You will only reap what you sow.

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I dont want to get married or have kids. I dont want a big career or anything. I have a job, come home and going to bible study now and again. maybe visiting a friend once every so often. that is my life. i dont really try for much more. in my spare time i watch films and knit....

am i sinning?

I suppose i could put myself out there more, volunteer or even get married and have kids, but i dont want to. i could also be more ambitious but i dont want to be. i kind of have issues and i kind of feel better selling myself short....

:)

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I dont want to get married or have kids. I dont want a big career or anything. I have a job, come home and going to bible study now and again. maybe visiting a friend once every so often. that is my life. i dont really try for much more. in my spare time i watch films and knit....

am i sinning?

I suppose i could put myself out there more, volunteer or even get married and have kids, but i dont want to. i could also be more ambitious but i dont want to be. i kind of have issues and i kind of feel better selling myself short....

:)

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I dont want to get married or have kids. I dont want a big career or anything. I have a job, come home and going to bible study now and again. maybe visiting a friend once every so often. that is my life. i dont really try for much more. in my spare time i watch films and knit....

am i sinning?

I think your focus is off-track.

Instead of asking yourself, "Am I doing wrong?"

Ask yourself, "Am I doing right?"

In other words, your life isn't about just exisiting, which it kind of sounds like you are doing. :thumbsup:

Here are the real questions:

Am I seeking the Lord?

Am I living the life He has planned for me?

Volunteering shouldn't be about "just volunteering." Rather, it should be about your heart being motivated to minister.

Likewise, getting married isn't about "just geting married." Rather, it's about commiting yourself to the man you love and want to spend the rest of your life with.

To sum it up, if you desire to not be sinning, then set your mind and heart on seeking the Lord and seeking His will for your life, and if He wants you to do more with your life, He will guide you in that way.

But you must "chose this day whom you will serve" - yourself or God.

To avoid sinning - choose God.

Make sense?

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Micah 6:8

... He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Dear sister in Christ I read your statement today. This passage above than came immediately to my mind as I read it. I hope it can be a source of inspiration and peace for your soul.

With Love :thumbsup: Suzana.

suzana_gimpel@hotmail.com

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