Genesis 2:18: 18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.

Okay, I have social anxiety disorder and crappy social skills. I do have a few friends that I really get to talk to or hang out with since they are pretty much all in out of state college. I have some other friends from a Bible study I goto, but I'm not that close them. I've been praying for friends, but my prayers aren't being answered. It's just lonely and depressing with things being this way. Anyone have any suggestions that could help out?

I have never felt more lonely then since my wife left me, i know Jesus is always with me and that those emotions are just that, emotions. I could stand at work with all my mates yet  i still feel alone, i could be in a crowd with a million people and I will still feel alone, But I am not alone, my Lord and faithful friend is always with me. I miss my companion, if its His will that I have another then so be it, if it is His will I be alone for Him, so be it. I would love to have a wife and companion, but as with the first, that is all in Gods hands.

In His Love

 

This may have seemed insensitive, but those were your own words and your own admission.

My son lacks a girl in his life, and I tell him pretty much the same thing: Clean up your act.  Don't be a slob.  Chew with your mouth closed and don't talk with food in your mouth.  Floss.  Clean up your truck.  Check your shoes.  (I know - but they are important to some girls.)

These are easy to resolve issues that are important to girls.  Social skills need improving?  Ask an older woman to honestly advise you.

Instead of thinking about what your friends will think about what you would like to say, just say it.

I know you're talking about guys but I just wanted to say that I like girls with scuffed shoes and who eat with their mouths open. There's just something about watching bacon and eggs bouncing around in someone's mouth while they're talking that I find endearing.  Either that or a roast beef sandwich.


Just kidding.  

Then praise be to God i stay in Scotland then where i wont be judged by wicked women merely for the way i chose to eat!


A shoe shiner person thingy?

Indeed, if someone judged me by the way i eat or if my shoes were not clean, i would instantly know they were nothing like Jesus, but merely judging by outward appearances.



Maybe a person looks like a 'slob' as you so gracefully put it because he is homeless and had to make do with a rubbish bin to sleep in all night.
Maybe a person eats 'like a pig' as you charmingly put it, because he has no teeth with which to chew because they are rotten though lack of nutrients.

Again, the person that judges by mere appearances is the one i would be avoiding, not the other way round.


And why be somthing i am not to impress anyone on earth?  The only person i have to please is God.  If i was trying to please others i would never be done, and that trying to please others would no doubt lead me away from God rather than too Him.

After your first impression im dreading the second.