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Please keep me in your prayers!
i have finals coming up, covering the whole year
life's hard and difficult
school's boring
classes are hard
i don't have any friends even though i try hard
i'm going to a trip out-of-state with a group from my church and i was really excited but then it struck me...i'm going to be lonely--on the plane, there, on the way back, eveything, especially since i knew the people who are going-- they are "my friends" when they have no one else to talk to but form gangs when they are together
my grades are dropping--i went from straight A's last year to barely getting B's on my report cards this year
please pray for me and keep me in your prayers
God bless you all
life's hard and difficult
school's boring
classes are hard
i don't have any friends even though i try hard
i'm going to a trip out-of-state with a group from my church and i was really excited but then it struck me...i'm going to be lonely--on the plane, there, on the way back, eveything, especially since i knew the people who are going-- they are "my friends" when they have no one else to talk to but form gangs when they are together
my grades are dropping--i went from straight A's last year to barely getting B's on my report cards this year
please pray for me and keep me in your prayers
God bless you all
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we will pray for you.
i also had trouble finding friends when i was younger. i thought there must be something wrong with me and it did get me down.
now i am older, i have reallised that people don't make friends with 'nice' people. people make friends easily with people who have learned good social skills, whether they are 'nice' or not.
even Christians do this without realising. learning social skills is not so hard when you realise this is what you have to do. i started from around zero, and now i have so many friends i don't have time to phone them all! (really.)
the people you are travelling with are equally anxious and have low self esteem. this is why they tend to form 'gangs'.
so basically you are all the same and you can get along very well once you watch them to see how they socialise and then copy them.
eg if someone is talking about football, they don't want you to say ' i didn't watch that, i saw this other film which was good, did you see it?'. they want you to stay for a while, listening about football (even if it is boring) and then you can encourage them by asking them their opinion on one of the players or ask them when their team is playing next. then go to another conversation when they have finished talking about football.
i don't have time to write about all social skills here, but there are many books etc on the subject. some people are naturally good at this, others, like me, take many years to understand this.
remember, the best friend you have is Jesus, and He will never mind if your social skills are not perfect!
may God guide you and protect you
i have finals coming up, covering the whole year
life's hard and difficult
school's boring
classes are hard
i don't have any friends even though i try hard
i'm going to a trip out-of-state with a group from my church and i was really excited but then it struck me...i'm going to be lonely--on the plane, there, on the way back, eveything, especially since i knew the people who are going-- they are "my friends" when they have no one else to talk to but form gangs when they are together
my grades are dropping--i went from straight A's last year to barely getting B's on my report cards this year
please pray for me and keep me in your prayers
God bless you all
Hey Hey Hey, why don't you take a minute to take off these dark glasses and look at the world without them... ;)
You say life is hard and difficult, but at least you are alive, you are young and have your whole life in front of you to change whatever it is you don't like about it now...
School's boring ey? Well, at least you get to go to school, some people don't have this great privilege, some are forced to work the fields or go help their parents with whatever, some children are even sold to slavery (yes, still happens today) and you get to go to school to get a good education that will help you become whatever it is you dream of becoming...
Classes are hard... try looking at it as a challenge not an obstacle, with God's help you'll manage, just put everything in His hands and you will see what great works He will do with you...
You are going on a trip, many can't because they are physically impaired in some way or another, which might mean they are in a wheelchair making it harder to do many things we take for granted, some can't because they can't afford it, etc.
Some people have to work so hard to make ends meet that they just don't have the energy, money or time to do such a thing..
You don't have friends you say... try doing what Mabsoota advised, just be confident and be yourself, people respect you if you're being honest and truthful, they will see the great qualities you have, but they can't see them unless you take a step and try to mingle with them and start conversation etc.
Finally dear sister, pray a lot, leave every single part of your life (big and small) in God's hands, He is the best Person to handle everything, ask Him to manage your life as He sees fit, and trust that that is exactly His plan with you..
Praise Him and Glorify Him and thank Him for everything you have and you will instantly see how much it is and how He's showering you with blessings.. Praising Him is what the angels do, so join in with them and your Spirit will be lifted up and you will feel joy..
Life can be beautiful or terrible, depends what glasses you have on...
Gb
u can aslo give ur friends what they are need from u , the real love , real being as friend , real smile from heart , ask about them and miss them . and currently don't seek a compensation from them.
but trust me , the main thing u should do is to catch and firm with God . construste a real relationship with God Jesus then it will be so easy to have many friends ... and it's nice point that when being with God , the friends that u will get they will be nice and will suit u as a beloved child of God Lord Jesus .
God be with u , and nearly all things will be ok as God will.
God bless ur life and help u to study hard and not over work.
work hard but don't work as over work. [ that;s was an advice to Pope shenouda from foreign doctor]
may God fill ur life with the great joy from the heaven.