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Repent of your sin of abandoning your family, divorcing your wife with no scriptural reason, and rebelling against God.

Right now the bible says you are worse than an unbeliever. 1Timothy 5:8 "But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel."

 

Most of us, I believe, have experienced difficult times. They are moments in life and not life itself. Sometimes God brings us to a point of depression, of sorrow, of loneliness or despair. He is our Father and will discipline and refine us.

You have been through a lot, and in truth you probably should feel depressed as your family has ended in the worst way. And you are still working two jobs (I take it you are still working two jobs), so the financial struggles have not ended. You have had a rough year.

And it is in our nature, I believe, to continually push forward. But God says to be still. Be still and know that He is God. It is He who has made us and not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Be a sheep. Slow down and rely on God. Understand that God works through His people. Allow your church to function as the local expression of the Body of Christ. Many of the things you bring here could and should be resolved through the church to which you have joined yourself. Go to your church, to your pastor, and tell, confess, pray, listen, submit, and learn. From what I understand from your comments, you have joined a good church. My suggestion is to be discipled.

 

Psalm 32

Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

3 For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up[b] as by the heat of summer. Selah

5 I acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

 

Revmitchell gave you the best advice. Unfortunately, you did not understand what he meant.

He suggested for you [1] to get off the internet for a while and [2] get back into God's Word and to fellowship with live and in person believers.

You only spoke in return of the first part. You took that to mean to step away from the people you think are criticizing you. But I wish you could understand that's not why he suggested for you to step away for awhile.

As I told you in another thread, I have been depressed and anxious for a good while now. I KNOW HOW HARD it is to stay in the Word and prayer. It's a internal fight.

But you must fight. This has nothing to do with the people you believe are harsh to you and there are some who are.

It's about you taking an internet fast and fighting to stay in God's Word and prayer and active fellowship in your church. I heartily second the advice from Revmitchell.

 

That's fine. He gave you excellent counsel.

It just grieves me that you don't understand that JonC, Revmitchell, and I are telling you the same exact thing.