there is so much bad in the world......how do i keep believing?
@crazzydolphin (3632)
United States
June 15, 2012 8:55am CST
with my dad being sick and my grandma slowly getting worse and the death of my grandpa, my pa, and my best friend it has got me thinking....
i know that god exsists but i dont understand why there is so much pain and hurt in the world. i stopped believing a long time ago because nothing seemed to be right. by that i mean i saw nothing but bad things going on around me and no matter how much i prayed nothing seemed to get any better. i guess what i am saying is i am slowly losing the faith again and i cant seem to find my way back. i still believe and i still pray but my daddy is really sick and today he may or may not make it thro this surgery and i am praying hard but im afraid it will do no good. my father is a great man. i may not have lived with him all the time and i may not get to talk to him much but he is an amazing person. he does everything he can to make everyone happy even if it puts him out but for him to be such a great person why should he have to deal with cancer?
i know many people are going to want to argue about this but i am NOT looking to argue i just need to know what to do to bring the faith back. i need to know why all this happens.
any thoughts are welcome just please dont be rude i have enough going on in my life right now.
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@jjzone44 (917)
• United States
16 Jun 12
Hi crazzydolphin,
You must continue to believe, because this is only a temporary world, and a temporary condition for us. The story of Adam and Eve basically tells us that we were given the choice of living as the father intended, or exercising free will. At the time we chose free will, and God is letting us do that on this earth. The consequence is, as was stated in Genesis, is that you must surely die. Because of free will we have control over our lives, but our control is not perfect, as the father's would have been. We must live out our time here, in the hope of crossing to the plane of bliss, where there is no pain, no suffering.
And Satan is here, and it is easy for him to tempt us as he does. Remember he was once one of the angels, and was cast out by God, as explained in the Book of Revelation, he wages war against "those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus". Satan wants us to walk away from God, and he makes it appear that this world is all there is, but we must stay strong and believe so that this world is not the end of life, but only a stage that we must pass through.
Peace be with you.
@crazzydolphin (3632)
• United States
20 Jun 12
your first sentence "this is only a temporary world" reminded me of a song i LOVE and the name of it is "tempoorary home".
i never really looked at it the way you have descrbed. i guess it is ones choice on how they live out their time here. i have a question for you tho.....if it is our choice and we SIN which everyone sins some are just worse than others then how is it that we still get to go to heaven? i mean i SIN and sometimes i SIN a lot so i have honestly elt like ill never make it to heaven hell never let me in.
i did not know that Satan was one of the angels. i learn something new every day :)i guess i never made it that far in the bible or i just didnt remember.
thank you for your comment :)
@jjzone44 (917)
• United States
20 Jun 12
As far as sin goes, it was explained to me in different ways, but what I got from it most is that we are born into sin, and we therefore sin. There are sins that are worse than others; obviously lying that you took the last piece of cake is nothing compared to murder, or breaking some other commandment. But think of this, you have children, and they don't always do as you like. Surely they have told little white lies, have spoken negatively of another person, failed to do their chores, things like that. But you still love your children and you want them to succeed, you would not label them as "bad"; you in essence forgave them, and you are human, thus an imperfect being.
God is our Heavenly Father and he is perfect, and we are all his children. He would want us to succeed as well, and he loves us, so he forgives us our sins (Lord's prayer), as we forgive those who sin against us. As long as we repent, and try not to commit the same sin again, and we believe in the sacrifice of Jesus, we are forgiven.
Then there are really bad people, they turn away from God, and repeatedly commit mortal sins, like murderers and such. What will happen to them? Only God knows the answer.
@crazzydolphin (3632)
• United States
21 Jun 12
well i know there are a lot of sins that i do commit more than once and its not that i mean to it just kind of happens. i try to remember to ask for forgiveness but sometimes it is only every few days for everything that happened in those days. i guess there is no reason to lie i have stole when i was younger and i did that more than once. i would even steal money from my grandma and i hate that i ever did that and if i could take it back and repay her i would but i have also "stole" from her recently a few times but not on purpose so i am not sure if that counts. it was forgotten money i was holding for her and i kept forgetting to get it back to her.
i am still scared that for everything i did back then and everything i do now that there is no way he could let me in heaven to meet up with him and all the loved ones that have past awayed.
i understand what you were saying and looking at it that way does make a lot of sence to me. i never looked at it that way thank you for the new insight on how to look at that.
@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
16 Jun 12
Life is so unfair. And problems are so bringing us down and making us desperate and depressed. God always has reasons for allowing things to happen. Sometimes, I couldn't understand this as well. I pray so hard for God to reveal why He allows misfortunes in my life. I just trust Him. I know someday, if not here on earth, in eternity, everything will be okay. I draw my strength from Him. The last thing I don't want to lose is my faith in Him. This would make my life more miserable. So I keep on keeping on, I keep on hanging on on Him. His grace is sufficient for me. When I'm having very hard times, I keep telling myself to trust God and that if I have GREAT FAITH, I'll receive GREAT BLESSINGS. I hope that you won't lose your faith in Him. This will make a very big difference in the way you think and the way you see your problems.
@crazzydolphin (3632)
• United States
20 Jun 12
i use to always say that everything happens for a reason but it seems that more and more things are happening and if it happens for a reason i would really like to know the reason lol.
i am trying not to lose all faith and i think after my daddy's surgery and everything turning out ok that i may be ok with believing that good things do happen to those that wait. i SIN and i know everyone does and i try to trust God all the time but like i stated i SIN a lot and sometimes i think that me believing and trying to keep the faith is not worth it because ill never make it into heaven because of all the things i have done in my lfe. i know he forgives people but i am not sure he can forgive everything....
@sukumar794 (5040)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
16 Jun 12
Maybe it is God's chosen way of testing his subjects. Most of the troubles,trials and tribulations are meted out to the innocent poor lot of the population while the rich and tough guys get all the material comforts and joy in abundance. Looking at things in this vein one cannot but look at dismay the amazing behavior of Gods. Why so much suffering is let out to the simple and nice humans?
@crazzydolphin (3632)
• United States
20 Jun 12
that is what i have been asking myself for a long time now. i have also noticed and my husband just mentioned the other day how it seems that all the people who do not deserve all the things they have get all the good luck and all the things that the poor or less fortunate have always wanted and have tried to work up to to get there 1 day. it seems that how you stated the less fortunate end up with all the bad lucks in life and i guess you could be right it could be his way of testing us but why only some people and not everyone here on earth. i know there are a lot of us but with time he could test everyone not just the same people over and over and over again.
