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I was on my way to the store today, and thought why not turn on Moody Radio.

The message you guys gave today really hit me. I am feel somewhat "stuck" right now.
I am in a relationship with a guy- while I used to think highly of the fact that we are not sexually involved, I am saddened at the reality that I am dependent on him. He is an "idol" to me.

I attend a rather conservative and small church near North West Indiana and there aren't really any younger women my age there.
So needless to say...all my Christian friends are far away and spread out all over the country.

This is part of why I have felt stuck- I know the Lord wants me to let this guy go, but every time I have tried, the pain of being alone is too severe for me to handle.

If anyone reading this feels led, can you please pray for me?
I want so badly to glorify God in ALL I do.

Id just like to say that I've had relationships in the past with woman I thought were my freinds, but as I've changed and matured, I realize we must guard our hearts every step of the way. Than you for your program and dedication to spreading the message of purity, faith, and running the race to ultimately receive the prize, which is Christ.

I just wanted to take the oppurtunity to thank Dee and Anita and all the women who are involoved in this series. I am a teen, and this has helped tremendously, in every aspect of all of my friendships. The Lord has used this to bring me so much closer to Him and to all of my great and Godly christian friends. I have alot of long distance friendships and my closest friend lives 1200 miles away, and I have shared this with her and we have been discussing and going through this study together, and it has brought so much realization and so much joy and I'm so thankful to the Lord for that.
Thank you, ladies. :]

JlfHuG comment4 ,

Tara -- I absolutely loved your post. So unselfish and giving. And yes, women are so nurturing and relational. I'd love for you to go to my website and see the 28 second video of the baby girl gabbing -- it's the funniest I've seen in so long -- and surely confirms that God made us to be relational! www.deebrestin.com

Thanks for writing and for your warm comments.

Dee

You are a great Bible teacher Dee! I heard different studies you have done and I love that about you! This morning I woke up thinking about mother's day. At our church they had all the women come forward who were mothers and I am not a mother but I thought what a wonderful powerful group of people. They are the nurturers, care-givers, broken heart menders, comforters - what an awesome thing! Then I thought, how Jesus said, I've come to heal the broken hearted, to bind up their wounds..to comfort those who mourn..and all these things..and I thought how God can use women (and has already put this within us) - to heal the broken hearted, bind up their wounds, comfort those who mourn...and just what great instruments women can be in the hands of God!
  Another thought, I had this morning as I was reading John 3, was in John 3:3, Jesus is speaking and He says, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again". And in John 3:5,6 Jesus is talking again and He says, " I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit." The thought I had as I was reading this was - do you know how women feel about their children, how you have this special love for them because they came from you, they are a part of you - God also is our parent - even like a mother, who has given birth and we are His beloved children. We can pain the heart of God, or bring joy to it. But like mother's (and I know there some not so great mothers) but the majority of them - the mothers are the heros - they are the ones that are long-suffering and patient and self-less and giving - they are image bearers of God, not perfect like God - but these qualities show us what God is like. As "children" we look to our parents and I like what someone said,"Alot of things are caught more than taught." I know when I have seen my mother do a kindness, or some other woman do the same, it transforms me and creates within me the desire to be like that. It is a much overused saying, but we really are his hands and feet, and to some we are the only Jesus they will ever see. We have a great Father to look and see His image.