Fearful.......but reaching out in faith and trust
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:38 pm
I've been wandering around this site for a couple of days now and have met several members that have really touched my life in special ways. Those that have had 1 on 1 interaction with me may not quite know what to think about me. Well, I can't really help you on that one. I can tell you that I am in a very confused state. I know that God is not the author of confusion so I am safe in assuming that satan is hard at work on me for some reason. I have been saved, baptized (in water), and called. I served on the mission field in Guatemala for some time and in Mexico briefly. I believed that my past was far behind me. However, in recent days it has come back full force to haunt me. The old temptations and urges are back and stronger than I remember. I am under the care of a Psychiatrist due to hearing voices that others can't hear and seeing shadows that others say they can't see. I'm not crazy......but I am obviously under attack. The desire to take my own life is strong....not to die...but to escape the overwhelming guilt and shame that has overtaken me. I struggle to accept His forgiveness, though I know it is there. This should not be hard for me, but it is. My mind is so confused and my thoughts race through continuously. Sleep is hard to come by because my mind won't shut off. They have changed medications in hopes of helping but I know that meds alone won't do it. I desperately need for God to intervene. It is not my place to question why He has allowed this or why He has chosen not to intervene.....obviously there is something I am missing. I humbly ask for your prayers that I may be willing to go through whatever I need to go through, not disappoint Him in the process, and come out victorious on the other side of this. Thank you......