Christianity Oasis Forum

[rmpfaffe]

I am new to this. I've wrote a couple things in the chat box, but I don't think that was right. I started the 14 day counseling program a few days ago. I've been very paranoid and anxious for a while now. I don't know what to say right now. I just want to stop isolating myself and feeling alone.

[kimby]

Welcome!
You were wise to post! Stepping out of isolation can be hard but so rewarding. You have made the first and most difficult step. Well done!
Feel free to write and share whatever you are comfortable with; we are here to listen and support.
I look forward to getting to know you more!

[rmpfaffe]

thankyou. at 50 years old I feel so immature emotionally. i'm happy to have found this place. it looks like we can be open and not judged, and being judged is a huge fear for me.

[dema]

Usually the fear of being judged and the things you fear people will say are far worse than anything that anybody would ever actually say. It is common to build a wall of isolation around yourself from fear. Perfect love casts out fear and God is perfect love.

Jesus came to give us a path back. People in the Bible were murderers, adulterers and other things and they followed the road back to forgiveness and closeness with God.

[dema]

I was just reading a devotional and saw this - thought of you.


While he didn’t say what sin he committed, King David engaged in a public conversation about his struggles. He even put them into song. “When I kept silent, my bones wasted away,” he wrote (Ps. 32:3 niv). So he said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord” (v. 5). Not everyone should go public with their private battles. But when David confessed his sin, he found peace and healing that inspired him to worship God.