If you could ask God 1 question and have it answered right away, what is it?

No you never offended me, I appreciate the decent informative reply. It isn't that I blame God for my difficulties I just don't think it's fair, I'm tired of struggling & feeling ill all the time. & I know that there are people out there suffering a lot more than me & that breaks my heart, thats why I struggle to have faith in a God, I don't think suffering should be necessary. We're in 2009 & people are still hungry while other people have millions sat in the bank doing nothing. I'll end this now or I'll just ramble on, thanks for replying :)

That is in part our responsibility don't you think? To make sure that the people that don't believe in God or haven't been told of his goodness? If you everyone decided to introduce at least 1 new person per day, I believe everyone would have the opportunity to accept of reject Christ, and then he will finally come back to get us.

I'd like to introduce you to a different way of looking at your life that hopefully may allow you to experience a worry free day or worry free week, month, year, or even better life. When I was young growing up, we weren't rich, and I seen my mother sacrifice and not eat many days just so that I could as a child. I didn't know why she did it, but I just knew that she did. Well, as a child I didn't have to worry if I was going to eat on a particular day. I didn't have to be concerned that I wouldn't have clothes to wear. Somehow someway, my mom made sure I had those things, even if my choice was not to eat what had been prepared because I didn't like the taste of it (ungrateful, or selfish is a better term, I used to be). So I didn't have to worry about things as a child. When I became an adult, I gotten married had a few children and then I started worrying. All of the worrying I was doing was on my job, as I had gotten a high paying position on my job that had daily, weekly and monthly deadlines that had to be met. Although I had managed to meet each and everyone of my deadlines, I was killing myself with stress. I was stressing out because if I lost the high paying salary, I was thinking how was I ever going to live. I got the promotion in 2004. I started having chess pains in 2006 so much so that I had to go to the doctor for them. The doctor ran several tests, but could not find anything wrong with me, but I remember the first question he asked me. That question was "what do I do at work, and if I was experiencing any stress from it?" But of course, as a man, I was thinking that it couldn't be that, besides I had come to love the job that I was doing, it didn't bother me that I was spending 70 to 85 hours a week there. Hopefully you can see where I was going with that short story about my past. Let's talk about now. Well you know of course, several friends were trying to tell me that it didn't matter how much I loved doing a job or how well I was at doing a job, that if I wasn't alive to be able to do that job, all of my labor would be in vain. That is actually in the bible as well in the book of Proverbs. So after all of this, what was I going to do? I took a lower paying position, and that's when the finances started going down south. I was headed for a crash landing into I didn't have enough to pay all of my bills. So we started letting credit card bills get behind. My salary had been reduced by a 1/8 of what I accustom to making, this was in 2007. Next we had to let one of our vehicles go back to the dealer as we couldn't afford the house, two car notes, and all of the trimmings of supporting a household of 5. Then my mortgage note was coming up for an increase in payment, this was in mid 2008 by $300+. Well if you remember my salary had been reduced already, we had to let one vehicle go back. So, the only other logical thing to do was to look for another place to stay, as it didn't seem as if we were going to be able to stay where we were. Guess what though, as my salary had been reduced for a second time, this time by 1/3 of what I was previously making. That meant I could no longer afford to pay my current mortgage, much less one with the new payment increase. So we put our 4 bedroom home up for a short sale as we approached the end of the first month that we were not going to be able to pay our mortgage. We didn't pay the mortgage company anything since August 2008. We got the foreclosure notice that it would be foreclosed on Jan. 6th. We moved out November 15th. We received a buyer the same weekend we moved out. So the mortgage company will not foreclose after all. When we moved we were no longer able to afford our one vehicle that we had left. So it fell behind on payments starting in October. So as you can see I could worry about all of the things I lost or I could be thankful for what I do have. That is a place to stay a job that allows me to pay for all my present bills. I cannot allow the debt to cause any stress to get to me and start causing chess pains again. Now we don't have a vehicle to get around in, but we are a 10 minute walk from my job. A 15 minute walk to the supermarket. We can afford to take public transit as well. I don't know your story, you could have been born with a birth defect that causes you pain every day of your life. I don't know, but what I do know is there are a lot more people in the world that have worse lives than you and I. The other thing I know is that God loves you and wants his best for you. I don't blame God for the financial mess I made myself, but I do remain thankful for opportunity to start fresh and to get it right a second time over. I didn't say these things to make you upset, so I hope I didn't offend you. Thanks for your response, and just no God loves you and if you put your trust in him, and ask him for wisdom, I'm sure he will give you the answers you need in order for you not to have to live such a continued stressful difficult life.

Ahhh, I hope you find that answer out soon. In the meantime, don't keep continuing to allow god to perfect everything about you.

Interesting and a bit unique questions. I do hope you find your answers one day. Thanks for your input.

I pray that he'll reveal himself to you in a way that you will know that he is real.

Thanks for your response and I do hope you find the answers you seek.

That is a question, I have wondered myself, and believe that I'll eventually discover that, the reason I am here is to share my life as he did when he was here thousands of years ago. So that people can be introduced to him and make a decision to come back unto him and get to know him better; as well as do the same.

Interesting question indeed. Thanks for your response. We'll hope to find out won't we. Happy New Year.

Wow, sweetpeasmom, I had typed up a very detailed response to your post yesterday and then my computer went on the fritz. So I'm going to try to keep my response short, direct and cut straight to the chase. Please note I am not trying to judge you, condemn you or ridicule you. I just want you to introduce you to a different way of looking at your life that hopefully may allow you to experience a worry free day or worry free week, month, year, or even better life. When I was young growing up, we weren't rich, and I seen my mother sacrifice and not eat many days just so that I could as a child. I didn't know why she did it, but I just knew that she did. Well, as a child I didn't have to worry if I was going to eat on a particular day. I didn't have to be concerned that I wouldn't have clothes to wear. Somehow someway, my mom made sure I had those things, even if my choice was not to eat what had been prepared because I didn't like the taste of it (ungrateful, or selfish is a better term, I used to be). So I didn't have to worry about things as a child. When I became an adult, I gotten married had a few children and then I started worrying. All of the worrying I was doing was on my job, as I had gotten a high paying position on my job that had daily, weekly and monthly deadlines that had to be met. Although I had managed to meet each and everyone of my deadlines, I was killing myself with stress. I was stressing out because if I lost the high paying salary, I was thinking how was I ever going to live. I got the promotion in 2004. I started having chess pains in 2006 so much so that I had to go to the doctor for them. The doctor ran several tests, but could not find anything wrong with me, but I remember the first question he asked me. That question was "what do I do at work, and if I was experiencing any stress from it?" But of course, as a man, I was thinking that it couldn't be that, besides I had come to love the job that I was doing, it didn't bother me that I was spending 70 to 85 hours a week there. Hopefully you can see where I was going with that short story about my past. Let's talk about now. Well you know of course, several friends were trying to tell me that it didn't matter how much I loved doing a job or how well I was at doing a job, that if I wasn't alive to be able to do that job, all of my labor would be in vain. That is actually in the bible as well in the book of Proverbs. So after all of this, what was I going to do? I took a lower paying position, and that's when the finances started going down south. I was headed for a crash landing into I didn't have enough to pay all of my bills. So we started letting credit card bills get behind. My salary had been reduced by a 1/8 of what I accustom to making, this was in 2007. Next we had to let one of our vehicles go back to the dealer as we couldn't afford the house, two car notes, and all of the trimmings of supporting a household of 5. Then my mortgage note was coming up for an increase in payment, this was in mid 2008 by $300+. Well if you remember my salary had been reduced already, we had to let one vehicle go back. So, the only other logical thing to do was to look for another place to stay, as it didn't seem as if we were going to be able to stay where we were. Guess what though, as my salary had been reduced for a second time, this time by 1/3 of what I was previously making. That meant I could no longer afford to pay my current mortgage, much less one with the new payment increase. So we put our 4 bedroom home up for a short sale as we approached the end of the first month that we were not going to be able to pay our mortgage. We didn't pay the mortgage company anything since August 2008. We got the foreclosure notice that it would be foreclosed on Jan. 6th. We moved out November 15th. We received a buyer the same weekend we moved out. So the mortgage company will not foreclose after all. When we moved we were no longer able to afford our one vehicle that we had left. So it fell behind on payments starting in October. So as you can see I could worry about all of the things I lost or I could be thankful for what I do have. That is a place to stay a job that allows me to pay for all my present bills. I cannot allow the debt to cause any stress to get to me and start causing chess pains again. Now we don't have a vehicle to get around in, but we are a 10 minute walk from my job. A 15 minute walk to the supermarket. We can afford to take public transit as well. I don't know your story, you could have been born with a birth defect that causes you pain every day of your life. I don't know, but what I do know is there are a lot more people in the world that have worse lives than you and I. The other thing I know is that God loves you and wants his best for you. I don't blame God for the financial mess I made myself, but I do remain thankful for opportunity to start fresh and to get it right a second time over. I didn't say these things to make you upset, so I hope I didn't offend you. Have a happy new year and thanks for responding.

If I had to choose between the two questions you listed, I'd choose the 2nd question you listed, very interesting indeed. Thanks for asking and hope one day you find the answer, you seek.

Well God has explained in his word that there would be killings, wars and rumors of wars in the bible. He explains how we are to give heed to his word and meditate in it day and night so that we can have good success. Everything comes full circle if you asked me. God also explains in his word that people cannot look upon him or else they perish. I don't know about you, but until we get our glorified bodies where we are restored back to the complete image of him who created us. I wouldn't want to look directly upon him. The people that are still doing the killing, etc... aren't necessarily doing it because of a religion that they believe in, rather because of the influences from the evil that has captured this world and spread like wildfire.

Interesting......

If you have ever read a good book that describes exactly how the scenery, and makes you feel that you are actually in that place. Well the bible gives a great description of what heaven and hell are like.

I have noticed that the bible is continuing to come to life right before our eyes. The scriptures say that there are many wars and rumors of wars that will come as a sign that the end is near.