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Anyone feel they made major life mistakes that are not forgivable?

Posted by elainer12 @elainer12, Mar 27 10:54pm

I’m in my 60s and have realized I made major mistakes in my life that I cannot make amends for. I’ve always had a strong faith in God and feel now that God will not forgive me. I married a man that I did not love because I wanted to be married and have a family. I grew up an only child with no extended family and difficulty making friends. I thought love for my husband would develop out of our friendship, but it didn’t because of his anger issues. We have two adult sons. The older one barely keeps in touch and the younger one has undiagnosed depression and anger issues. I have seen a therapist who said I should try to forgive myself. I have tried to be a good wife and mother. I have prayed for forgiveness and admitted my mistakes. I want to pray to God for help but feel unworthy. Being Jewish, I have the belief in God’s attribute of justice as well as mercy. How can I move forward? How can God forgive me?

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@mariannewmoon
I also have vision problems. I have glaucoma and dry eyes. My vision will blur very suddenly at times. Right now I’m using the microphone on my iPad keyboard. I cannot read what is on the screen very well without zooming in on the screen, and sometimes that does not help.

When I use to use the desktop or laptop computers I had trouble using the keyboards because of my arthritis and synovitis.. It was painful to use the shift key and some other keys.

I have never understood why all caps means shouting. I guess I am just old. All caps are easier for me to read.

I had to go back and correct some of the words in this post. I am from the southwest corner of Georgia USA. The microphone does not understand my accent very well. 😁

Continue on… best wishes,
ZeeGee

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@fourof5zs IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE USING CAPS. I LIKE IT WHEN OTHERS USE CAPS TOO, BECAUSE IT IS EASIER FOR ME TO READ AS WELL. IT'S TOO BAD THERE ISN'T SOME KIND OF ICON WE CAN USE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WE ARE HAVING VISION PROBLEMS AND NOT SHOUTING AT EACH OTHER. MAYBE THAT LITTLE FACE WITH THE SUNGLASSES WOULD WORK....SOMEHOW? BEST WISHES TO YOU ALSO.

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