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What Work Does God Want Me to Do?

I have been watching the news lately, hearing how Christianity is being trashed by about everybody, it seems. I began to feel the need to communicate with other Christians. I feel so helpless to do something about the persecution of Christians everywhere including our own country and thought that communicating with and listening to other Christians like the people on this forum might help me to feel better about the future of our faith and just knowing that there are still people out there who believe in God.

I want to begin by listening to what members may have to say. My main quest right now is to determine what my destiny is and what God wants me to do before I die.
I am 66 years old and have lived a Christian life since I was a teenager but I still feel that I have not accomplished yet the work God wants me to do here on earth . I am not even sure what that may be.

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Comment by Annie Parish Arthur on April 22, 2009 at 10:26am: Thank you ML for your comments. It was very helpful and I am not just saying that. It was helpful.

My problem is that I feel unproductive right now. My husband and I are retired and my husband, who is eight years older than I, is in very poor health. He has had several heart attacks and strokes in the past few years and I am not sure how much longer he can go like this.

Our only child, a son, recently married and moved away. Although I am very happy for him and love my new daughter-in-law, I miss my son and having him around the house. Also, my dad died two years ago today and I still miss him. So I occupy my time doing email, working in my yard or reading. I really want to write again. I was a free lance writer when I was in my 20s but only published a few things. I finally gave it all up and went to “work”.

I have always felt that God wanted me to write because he did give me the skills to do so (at least I think I am a good writer, maybe not) Anyway, I sit down to write and immediately get writer’s block so I give it up and go watch a movie on DVD. By the end of the day, I feel I have again accomplished nothing.

I suppose a lot of other people have worse things to worry about so I should be more thankful for what God has given me. But I think that writing is what I need to do and hopefully I will be able to pick it up again and perhaps be more successful this time.

Again, thanks for your kind words.

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