"you are beautiful"

**Dave Sartin** · 6 Days Ago

I have been a christian since i was a child. I was raised as one and later on in life became more and more distant with God. At one time I believe i just gave up entirely on it but found my way back. Well recently i had doubted god again. Felt like he wasnt there anymore and like i didnt know who God really was. Like he just left or something and no longer was there. This frightened me quite a bit and i started to doubt A LOT. I talked to my sister about doubting and she told me the way she stopped was personally asking the lord to touch her heart. So last night i did. At first nothing had happened. So i looked up my problem and found out all these wonderful things about him. That he never gives up on us, that he understands our doubts and loves us just because. I was brought to tears realizing this and started to cry over how ashamed i was for doubting such a loving being. I threw my arm over my face and kept crying until i heard someone say to me, "please take your arm away from your face." i did so and that same voice said "you're so beautiful. I love you." this made me cry much harder because i couldnt help but cry at my doubting. I finally stopped and when i did i heard the voice say "i am always here. I love you." this made me smile and laugh like a child does when being tickled. I am still trying to put my doubts to rest but after last night i know that i am sincerely loved by the one we know simply as God. And i love him too.

**SharonC** · 6 Days Ago

That was lovely, Dave! Hold on to that feeling, my love, because the Lord loves us all.

**GNTLGNT** · 5 Days Ago

**carrie's younger brother** · 5 Days Ago

Yes, the Lord loves us all but we must also remember to:

"Love on another as I have loved you."
John 15:12

Which I believe is the greatest commandment of all.

**tenngolfer** · 5 Days Ago

Dave, you're in a good starting place. Now may be a good time to refocus direction.

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People
“It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People

**king family fan** · 5 Days Ago

Keep on believing. I also try to hold onto my faith. Even thou life situations can make it hard.

**Ebdim9th** · 4 Days Ago

Dave, because of how hard the last three/four years have been on me, I've begun a long, difficult trek back to the faith of my fathers (and grandmothers)... if you eat of doubt long enough you develop a taste for it... time to change your tastes... sounds like you're on your way.

~ Phil