Well, it happened...

[MichaelArchangelos]

Yesterday was my girlfriend's graduation. Today, her family packed up all her stuff for her to go home. She told her family she didn't want to go and her mother just kept yelling at her and they forced her to go.

I can barely think, I'm in so much agony. I have been thinking of going to a monastery for a while to get away from it all, as everything here reminds me of her. But I'm not sure I want to go to a monastery either.

However, she is hurting as much as I am, and hopefully she'll convince her parents to let her come back.

Please pray for me. I need prayers more than ever at this point.

:(:(:(:(:(

[MariaRegina]

my prayers.

[Dust and Ashes]

I don't know what to say that might offer comfort so I'll just pray.

:hug:

:crosseo:

[Asinner]

<<<hugs>>>

I think you should go to a monastery and devote yourself to prayer. In that, you will receive peace that whether she comes back or whether she does not, it is in God's hands. If she doesn't come back, then know that, God, in His great love for you, has spared you from something unbeknownst to you at this time. Be vigilant and don't stop praying, for the evil one will use this opportunity to make you angry at God. Don't give in. I will pray.

Love,
Christina :crosseo:

[eoe]

Prayer for the Acceptance of God's Will
By Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow


O Lord, I do not know what to ask of You.
You alone know what are my true needs.
You love me more than I myself know how to love.
Help me to see my real needs which are concealed from me.
I do not dare to ask either for a cross or for consolation.
I can only wait on You. My heart is open to You.
Visit and help me, for the sake of Your great mercy.
Strike me and heal me; cast me down and raise me up.
I worship in silence Your holy will and Your unsearchable ways.
I offer myself as a sacrifice to You.
I have no other desire than to fulfill Your will.
Teach me to pray. Pray You Yourself in me.
Amen.

[Asinner]

Prayer for the Acceptance of God's Will
By Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow


O Lord, I do not know what to ask of You.
You alone know what are my true needs.
You love me more than I myself know how to love.
Help me to see my real needs which are concealed from me.
I do not dare to ask either for a cross or for consolation.
I can only wait on You. My heart is open to You.
Visit and help me, for the sake of Your great mercy.
Strike me and heal me; cast me down and raise me up.
I worship in silence Your holy will and Your unsearchable ways.
I offer myself as a sacrifice to You.
I have no other desire than to fulfill Your will.
Teach me to pray. Pray You Yourself in me.
Amen.

I almost posted this prayer. This is the perfect prayer for him.
:groupray:

Love,
Christina

[Matrona]

Yesterday was my girlfriend's graduation. Today, her family packed up all her stuff for her to go home. She told her family she didn't want to go and her mother just kept yelling at her and they forced her to go.

I'm so sorry. I'll keep praying for you and her.

[Khaleas]

:hug:

My prayers and take care of yourself!

[NyssaTheHobbit]

:groupray::crosseo:

[Petronius]

You should not let her go. You should disappear both... She can decide of her own already.
Ask Tsarina...

[Tsarina]

You should not let her go. You should disappear both... She can decide of her own already.
Ask Tsarina...

I was thinking the same. Disappear, the both of you. The parents are never going to change their minds, they're stuck in their ways, and no one can convince them.

Pray hard about it.. i will be praying for you.

[MariaGatchina]

I am so sorry for you ... I am also seperated from the man I love. And like you I thought about going to a monestary or convent and just pray. Unfortunately that isn't a possibility for me so I found a small place at home and just devote as much time to prayer as I can. I read the bible and many of the services too. It has helped to keep me calm and to wait on God. God bless you in your time of trial. I will pray for you and please pray for me.

[Sacrum Silentium]

I wish I had the words to say to make this easier for you, but I don't. Rest assured that I'll remember you in my prayers and keep you in my thoughts.

[MichaelArchangelos]

I talked with her father the day of the graduation, and he seemed to think that I had good potential. Because I study French and Chinese language, he said that he thought that the NZ Foreign Service would be a good possibility for me. While I might consider it, I have also considered being a priest, although I'm not sure if my faith is strong enough.

The night of the graduation, I talked to him on the phone. He said that he wasn't going to stop the relationship like other Asian parents do. He thought that I was a good person, but he said that we were young, and that we should focus on our careers. While this might be true, I don't know how long I can go on without her. She is a part of me, and I feel like I have lost part of myself. She is really upset, too. She called me last night and told me that she had been crying a lot because she wanted to be here with me. I just hope that her parents will realise why she is sad and allow her to come back. Please pray for that.

And as for disappearing (I presume you mean running away together), if we did that, her parents would most likely call the police and I could get charged with kidnapping. She is very shy and doesn't really stand up for herself. She saw a psychiatrist last month, and the psychiatrist said that she wasn't emotionally ready to be here alone and that she was younger mentally. But she was here all this year and last year in a flat, and she said that she didn't have much to do with her flatmates. So we couldn't run away together, and we are both only catechumens, so an Orthodox priest couldn't marry us, because he wouldn't baptise, chrismate and commune her straight away, or chrismate and commune me straight away either.

Please pray that her parents will let her return when they see how sad their actions have made her.

[Tsarina]

I talked with her father the day of the graduation, and he seemed to think that I had good potential. Because I study French and Chinese language, he said that he thought that the NZ Foreign Service would be a good possibility for me. While I might consider it, I have also considered being a priest, although I'm not sure if my faith is strong enough.

The night of the graduation, I talked to him on the phone. He said that he wasn't going to stop the relationship like other Asian parents do. He thought that I was a good person, but he said that we were young, and that we should focus on our careers. While this might be true, I don't know how long I can go on without her. She is a part of me, and I feel like I have lost part of myself. She is really upset, too. She called me last night and told me that she had been crying a lot because she wanted to be here with me. I just hope that her parents will realise why she is sad and allow her to come back. Please pray for that.

And as for disappearing (I presume you mean running away together), if we did that, her parents would most likely call the police and I could get charged with kidnapping. She is very shy and doesn't really stand up for herself. She saw a psychiatrist last month, and the psychiatrist said that she wasn't emotionally ready to be here alone and that she was younger mentally. But she was here all this year and last year in a flat, and she said that she didn't have much to do with her flatmates. So we couldn't run away together, and we are both only catechumens, so an Orthodox priest couldn't marry us, because he wouldn't baptise, chrismate and commune her straight away, or chrismate and commune me straight away either.

Please pray that her parents will let her return when they see how sad their actions have made her.

Perhaps runing away would be a bad idea. I didn't know her father actually did like you. That's a really good thing because there is hope! My situation was totally opposite, and i thought your situation was the same as mine, that's why i gave you that advice.

Her parents will see her pain, they will realize sooner or later what they have done. Don't stop praying.. i'm praying for you guys too. :crosseo: