Existence...

Postby **Zilch** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 1:27 pm

I don't know what's happened to me, but all of a sudden, I've never felt so depressed...it's like the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip...he walks under the stars and screams, "I'm signifcant!...said the dust speck...". Life just seems like a hoax to me now. I don't know what to believe...or how to believe in it...the thought that I really have only very little control over things bothers me...and what I am compared to the incredible universe around me...all I do is float on a rock in space, depending on God for everything...and it feels like...life...is just a void...a space I occupy. When I'm dead, my space gets taken...it's a neverending cycle...

Postby **RoyalWing** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 2:10 pm

I know it may not help much, but how can each one of us not be significant if we can choose to love God? To love other people? You may not have power over what you can do with your hands, but you have power in your heart. Who cares if people remember you or not, if they take up your space after you're gone. Christ will remember you. I think that's what counts.

Postby **CobaltAngel** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 2:27 pm

I feel you pain, dude. Some days I feel like screaming, "There are some many great people that are so freakin much better than me! Why the heck am I still alive?!"
... but... He wouldn't create a worthless person, woudl He? You were hand made by him and he has everything in your life already planned out.

One of my favorite verses:
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to give you hope and a future."

Postby **Zilch** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 2:58 pm

...thank you...both of you...I pray God blesses you both...

Postby **cbwing0** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 3:48 pm

One of the biggest mistakes that people make is thinking that they have to be the best to make a difference. Well, that is simply not true. I would refer you to the the parable of the talents in Matthew 25: 14-30. To those who have been given more, more will be asked; but everyone who is faithful will receive the same reward.

99.9% of people must accept the fact that no matter how good they are at something, there will always be someone who can do it better. Even then, "The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all" (Eccelsiastes 9:11b).

Still, you have to ask yourself: is it really worth the effort required to be "the best" at something? The answer is no.

Postby **Roll** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 4:03 pm

Seems recent scientific findings have shown our solar system to be unique from any other we know of. Though our universe is massive and totally dwarfs us, we are yet still the center of it in God's eyes; all of it points to us. He knows each of us intimately and has a special, unique purpose just for you. Take heart, for your life does make a difference!

Postby **Link Antilles** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 4:17 pm

Don't worry about it, dude. Worrying brings no good. Your young, so am I, you've got a big life in front of you, unless it is your time to go. God still has a plan for you. You have a part to play, big or little, it's still important. Remember, your life affects the people you are around, more than you may realize. You don't have to be in the spotlight in order to change things too.

Postby **shooraijin** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 4:17 pm

> Though our universe is massive and totally dwarfs us, we are yet still the center of it in God's eyes;

Well said!

Postby **Technomancer** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 4:23 pm

"For the whole world before thee is as the least grain of the balance, and as a drop of the morning dew, that falleth down upon the earth.But thou hast mercy upon all, because thou canst do all things, and overlookest the sins of men for the sake of repentance. For thou lovest all things that are, and hatest none of the things which thou hast made: for thou didst not appoint, or make any thing hating it." (Wis. 11:23-25)

We ourselves may play no great role in history, or may appear insignificant compared to the size of the universe. But we aren't, not to those around us. After all, if you're going to count by millions and billions, you have to start with one's and two's.

Postby **CobaltAngel** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 4:31 pm

That's well said, Tech. Remember, you have an impact, no matter how small, on every single person you meet.

Postby **YesIExist** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 5:22 pm

Then do something that makes you feel significant, without shortchanging other people. Find a way to HELP other people.

Postby **EireWolf** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 7:28 pm

Remember who you are in Christ. You are an adopted son of God, and a full heir with Christ in all of God's blessings. He has wonderful plans for you that are beyond your imagination! (check out my sig, too.)

Postby **Paulo Q.** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 5:43 am

Remember that by helping someone you are making a difference, even by creating this thread maybe you posed one question that many had, and maybe they found some answers here, so you are already helping, your are already making the difference. Be happy and know that you already made a difference (at least to me).

Postby **Icarus** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 7:24 am

I can't find the reference for it, and I don't have it precisely memorized, but the sparrow.If God care enough to notice each sparrow that falls, how much more must He care for us?

"I am significant," rightly said the speck of dust.

Postby **SwordSkill** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 8:35 am

Most of the time it's lethargy and inertia that causes people to think that way and ruminate about their unproductiveness; if you want to feel better about yourself, the best way to do it is to actually do something about it. Do something - help people, improve yourself, learn something new, find a ministry...God wouldn't have created us if He thought we serve no purpose in this world.

Postby **Knives** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 9:53 am

Zilch wrote:I don't know what's happened to me, but all of a sudden, I've never felt so depressed...it's like the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip...he walks under the stars and screams, "I'm signifcant!...said the dust speck...". Life just seems like a hoax to me now. I don't know what to believe...or how to believe in it...the thought that I really have only very little control over things bothers me...and what I am compared to the incredible universe around me...all I do is float on a rock in space, depending on God for everything...and it feels like...life...is just a void...a space I occupy. When I'm dead, my space gets taken...it's a neverending cycle...

Thats happened to me before too. Ill pray for you

Postby **kaji** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 10:21 am

You should listen to cbwing0.

Any comments from me would only echo his advice to you. With the addition of taking the most of what God has given you, Is not His grace sufficeint for our lives?

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