This is so simple and not. We are here as fellow believers to encourage you in your challenge. YeHoVaH does have you and us in his hands; it is His plan. Paul had this covered in his letter to the believers in Philippi:
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Praying is listening to YeHoVaH. Sharing your questions. Waiting, trusting YeHoVaH in His plan. Paul goes on with some tools for us.
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
Yes, challenges are still in front of you. YeHoVaH’s ways are not just giggles and comfy feelings. He loves us and wants us to grow and learn. Growing and learning can hurt. The hurt is not fun, the understanding and change is worth it. These tools from Paul give us focus on the tools to our challenges.
By day YeHoVaH directs His love, at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life.
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I pray which I will have faith in the God of Israel which I may exercise my authority which is from him. I don't mean to burden anybody but I am going through a tough time right now and I want to reach my full potential which God wants for me to make a long story short in high school I was 17 years old (a senior) 3 years ago and there was this 13 years old girl (a freshman) she said hi to me and I did not say hi back because I didn't think it was right that I should date a 13 year old girl at the time but what I did not realize is that God showed her to me I am very religious and I would never have sex before marriage and ever since I was little boy I always wanted to wait for the right godly woman for me so I have someone to pray with and to read the Bible with and get closer to God together with but what I did not know at the time is that it is legal for a 17 year old to date a 13 year old girl as long as they do not have sex while the girl is still a minor of course (Christian dating is hard) but I know that I would never have sex before marriage and I've been praying to God on what to do. I always talked about when I was little that I would not have sex before marriage and older people would laugh at me and even fellow Christians and my parents would laugh at me and say that it's impossible and that if I didn't have sex before marriage the girl might cheat on me because I'm not having sex with her so she might cheat on me with a guy who would have sex with her and I remember feeling like stupid and discouraged and ashamed because I wanted to wait until marriage. And 3 years later (I wanted to wait until she was 18 to say hi to her to be in a godly romantic relationship with her and when people think of a romantic relationship their minds automatically go to sex but I don't want to have sex until marriage and people which don't know me won't know that) which is now I dressed in a cap and gown graduation day because I wanted to surprise her and I've been praying if she is the one for me she will still remember me 3 year later I wanted to say hi to her but when I showed up to the school they call the cops on me because not a student because they think that I wanted to hurt somebody or a pedophile at the graduation but that was not my intentions at all and my grandma started crying and my family won't talk to me at all anymore and I've been feeling sad. (And by the way I know she likes me as well so it's not just a one-sided love) I've been praying to Yehovah to help me and I have never really had a romantic relationship before I believe that God called her to me so I want to obey God and I was scared if I said hi to her at the time (3 years ago) as soon as I turned 18 people would judge me because I would be dating a 14-year-old and they would think bad about me and assume (even if I'm not having sex or anything with her which I know I wouldn't) something bad and when people think about a romantic relationship their minds always go to think about sex because waiting until marriage is rare. There's a survey which a lot of high schoolers lose their virginity while in high school which is not good. The school which I went to was Phineas banning high School in California. (Satan probably unfortunately likes the fact that dating is hard for Christians) I would also ask which we all should pray for is that there is more Godly romantic relationships which will wait until marriage among the adults and the youth in the Body of Believers in Messiah Yeshua and I also would want to pray for which the Church (the body of believers would seek Yehovah's face more) so we all as believers can be spotless and wrinkle less when he (the Messiah) comes back. (By the way I found out that she is a Christian as well which I didn't know and her name is Shelby.)