“I think the hardest job in the world is being a single mom. I’ve had to put my two small children in daycare because I have to work, and I’m always exhausted. I thought divorce was the answer, but it wasn’t. Maybe my experience will make someone else stop and think. I wish I had.”
“I’m writing an essay for my high school social studies class, and our assignment is to write on what we think is the greatest challenge facing the world today. What would you say it is?”
“I have a friend who says she knows she’s going to heaven when she dies, but how can she be so sure? I hope I make it, but it would be arrogant of me to say I’m such a good person that God will have to let me in. Is she just deceiving herself? ”
“Is there a list anywhere in the Bible of all the sins God won’t forgive? I know I’ve probably crossed the line with some of them, and God will never forgive me. I never used to worry about things like this, but I do now. Maybe it’s too late. ”
“I went through a bitter divorce about two years ago, and I’ll never get over it. I know I ought to forgive my ex-wife for all she did (including taking our children and almost all my money), but I never can. I know that’s not very Christian, but I can’t help it. Can you help me?”
“We moved across the country last year, and our family got so busy we just stopped going to church. Besides that, we like having our weekends to ourselves. You’ll probably try to talk us into going back to church, but why should we? We don’t really miss it. ”
“Why do some people insist on doing things they know will hurt them? Our daughter just laughs at us when we try to tell her she’s going down the wrong road, and she’s only hurting herself. It really breaks our hearts. What’s wrong with her?”
“A few weeks before Christmas, a group claiming to be pagans demanded the city take down its holiday decorations (although they aren’t really Christian; just snowflakes, candy canes and things like that). Were they sincere, do you think, or just trying to get some attention?”
“My husband and I love each other very much, yet we’re both very stubborn and end up fighting far more than we probably should. Recently, I realized that we were setting a bad example for our children, but what can we do? We can’t change our personalities.”
“I’m concerned about my husband. He’s always been very positive and active, but since having open heart surgery several months ago, he’s turned grumpy and depressed. He even says he thinks God has abandoned him. How can I help him?”
“I just added up all the credit card slips from our Christmas spending, and I’m really depressed. It’s going to take all year to pay them off. I don’t know why I’m writing, but how did we get in this mess? God must be very disappointed in us.”