For a Friend, Mom, and Wisdom

[Anystazya]

Hi guys! Missed you all, and that's why I'm here now. I know you guys show great support, and will help me now.

First, I want to ask for prayer for one of my friends. I don't know the details, but to my knowledge, she was recently really heartbroken by an older guy who I heard was just playing her. I'm not sure how deep her affections for him were, or if she just started liking him because he showed interest in her. She's been complaining about guys' recent interest in her, but its all for her body. She wears low-cut, tight clothes, without thinking anything of it, and is quick to flirt. She needs prayer. This girl has been really hurt in her family, with a dad who left when she was a baby, among other things. She's just really broken and needs some help, and help that I believe can only come from God.

Second is for my mom. She's my basketball coach, and has been the past two years, but this year, on a higher level, she's dealing with coaching new, older girls. These older girls have some...attitude problems. They're used to getting their way and running the show themselves, pretty much, and my mom, the coach, a position of authority over them, is not about to tolerate it. She talked to them, and I just want you to pray for her strength this season. She's a tough woman, but I see her hurt on the inside.

And ummm. I'd also like to request prayer for myself. I've been really confused lately with my place here in this town. There's so much about the people that I can't stand. I don't like being surrounded by so much of a worldly influence. It makes me feel heavy, and I hate it. I am pretty well-known as a good, teacher's pet type of girl, even among my Christian friends. There have been some things happening lately, and while I love my friends, sometimes I question their judgment. Recently, they introduced me to a person, sort of, who they said would be perfect for me. I was skeptical, especially since it seemed to be based on the opposites-attract theory. Long story short, I didn't like him. He had all these traits that I can't stand in a person, and the night was really unpleasant for me. To further stretch on that, I don't feel like I fit in with these people I'm surrounded with. I've grown close to a few, and can easily talk to them, but I feel so different. I don't have the charisma and personality my close friends have. I feel like I take the back-seat, and am always just watching everything going on. Actually, I feel like this has probed my inability at times to form an opinion, or be able to voice it. I feel like I've always just went with my friends' opinion, and adopted that as my own, so when asked for my own, it's hard to say. I tried so hard for too long to be accepted by other people, and it's showing now, as I'm developing and maturing more. I feel far too dependent on my friends, where that dependence should instead be on God. I think...that I need to get away for a long while. I'm considering actually traveling far from the influence of these people. I just feel like something needs to change. Prayer to help me figure that out would be soooo well-appreciated.

If you feel like I'm just letting my emotions and feelings get to me, that it'll get better in time, I just need to be patient, because God will help me as I grow up and get out of this small town I live in, then okay. You can tell me that, and I'll believe you. Maybe that's what I need to hear? Maybe I've already heard God tell me that, and just need to accept it, rather then push it away because it's not what I want right now.

In any case, I think I really need God's wisdom and grace, and prayer from wonderful people like you. Thank you for your prayers!

[K. Ayato]

Praying for you . Take a deep breath, relax, and allow God to work in and through you.

Praying for your mom and that friend as well.

[Atria35]

Praying!

[TGJesusfreak]

I'm praying for you Any... I really hope things get better for you. if you need to talk you're free to PM me at any time.