What does God have to do with it?

aaevictor

This is something that I have often thought about growing up. My church teaches that God is loving and is hurt when we are hurt...in this experience it has made me mad and spiteful towards him. All I have ever wanted was to know God and have a strong relationship with him. I then think about all the children that are abused or die from starvation and it makes me not want to believe. It has come to the point when my favorite religious songs come on, i just turn the station.

Has anyone else felt this way? What did you do?

kansasbelle

I have been there too, but God has pulled me through the darkest of times. When I left my spouse and started having faith again things literally fell into place, a car someone just let me drive when I had none, a new apartment that the landlord lets me split the rent between paychecks, new job making twice what I did before using my education to help those less fortunate than myself. People gave me so much, clothing, furniture, a new mattress, sheets, a microwave. God doesn't make bad things happen. He allows some bad things to happen because they bring about change and growth. Sometimes we don't learn from experiences that are easy for us, what makes us stronger are the lessons learned the harder way. It's easy to have faith when all is well but easier to turn away when things get hard. Jeramiah 29:11 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. This quote gets me through sometimes when things are hard.


This song by fireflight is so beautiful and fitting for how you are feeling they play it on Air1

"He Weeps"


Where is God when the rain falls
And takes the car off the road
Is He standing in the storm
Where is God when the child cries
And no one bends to pick her up
Could someone tell me what He does

He weeps, He weeps with you
He weeps with me
When I'm on my knees
And I taste defeat
He weeps, He weeps

Where is God when she won't eat
When her bones start to show
Is He there when she's lost control
Where is God when a father
Turns his back on his son
Can someone tell me what He does

He weeps, He weeps with you
He weeps with me
When I'm on my knees
And I taste defeat
He weeps, He weeps

If today's your darkest day
And you can't escape the pain
Don't be afraid
He will never walk away

He weeps, He weeps with you
He weeps with me
When you're on your knees
And you taste defeat
He weeps, He weeps
He weeps with you
He weeps with me
When you're on your knees
And you taste defeat
He weeps, He weeps

r1ghtpath

i prayed a lot about my marriage and one day the answer i kept getting over and over and over was " it's time to go. " and i ignored it for a GOOD long while. but, it never changed. always " it's time to go." and when i look back at journals from the years, i realize just how things HAD to line up for me to get to the place where i COULD GO. the path was very specific i just didn't realize it til after i has passed through those really rough times........

i read a great book called " the peace giver." it helped me A LOT!! and continues to do so. i call out to my Heavenly Father often. sometimes the answer is not what i want to hear, but it's ALWAYS what i NEED to hear!!!!

dreamingchild

I've recently (the past 2 years) went through a period when I was really angry at God so I can relate. I went from going to church almost every week and reading the Bible almost every day to just shutting that part of me off. I think that life is unfair. I also think that we have to suffer the consequences of sin and it isn't always our sin that we suffer from, often times it is the sins of others that we are suffering for. I've come to a point where I'm okay with that....What does God want me to do today? Often times it is to help those around me, to listen and not rush through the day, to give what I have in excess to people who are in need. These are the things that He asks me to do. I might never get what I want in this life but if I give of myself maybe I will be getting what I really need.

I'm still not going to church every week and I find it hard to open the Bible....sometimes my anger is the most just before I open it up, but that is obviously not from God....it is from the one who wants to destroy me and I have to choose each day not to participate in the destruction of myself but to love myself in the true sense of the word and that means that I love God.

Not sure that makes sense but I hope it does....

Dayna154

You said it Kansasbell.

Life is all about free will. We have the FREE WILL to do as WE CHOOSE. I have found that if I am rational, not all of my choices in life were the best. I have red flags in my relationship.. but I choose to stay as long as I did..
Maybe if I had lived my life in the past more as God wanted things would have been different.. I will never know since I am living my life as I am suppose to... Free to make the choices I want to make... think about it...