struggling with my faith

hi kryzell

You have to understand that life is not easy, it takes alot of work. You must divert your thoughts instead of looking at your problems just ask and look for the strength to continue on .

Do not easily get tired or burned out look for god and ask him to help you to renew yourself and be filled with strength to fulfill your life's purpose.

Remember, each persons life is meaningful in its own way. Your presence may have given many people especially your family the opportunity to love a beautiful individual like you ...

Whatever you are going tru is not ment to hurt you but instead to test your love and faitfullness to your family and god himself ... No matter how much pain you are going tru, remember to think of him and thank him for the rest beautiful things given to you .. especially your family ..

Sometimes things aren’t always as they seem, god will hold your hands and guide you tru just be very observant of any knock on your door

cheers

Hey there kryzell. i think you have been through a lot of challenges lately and i'm glad that you're somehow scared that there is a real and TRUE God. God never wants to hurt us but there could be times that his ways may be hard for us to accept but don't be scared. Because God is not angry with us. You just have to open your heart again and accept Him. Pray for the things you want and need and i'm sure that He'll help you make it. God bless You. have a nice day!Ü

First of all let me say that you are very lucky to have parents who have lovingly reintroduced you to God…you know in most cases, children who turn atheists are almost disowned by God loving parents.
Now regarding God…its my personal belief that God is something which gets farther and farther away the more you want to grasp Him and pester Him for something…its when you just pray, just be with Him, just feel Him without asking for anything in return, that He comes to you. This is not to say that its bad to ask anything from God, but don’t pray only to expect something in return.
Connecting to God should be a 24x7x365 celebration of life itself, talking to Him should be like talking to you own shadow…no need for any special prayers or any special place of worship.
But then you say that you have already come to accept that not everything is meant for everybody…so? You’ve got the most important answer to life’s most vital problem…why are you still sad? Maybe you have better things in store for you…He is always planning you know, and planning for all of us…He deserts nobody. Even if you don’t get what you are wanting, praying selflessly will bring you closer to Him and that peace is something more to be treasured than any material or personal gain.
Whatever you do, dont give up praying and talking.

Struggling with your faith? I suppose I had the same problem when I start doubting the existence of God. It's your choice if you believe in God or not. I stopped believing, but it's not my choice to tell you what to do or what to believe in. Don't let losing your faith be such a painful thing though. If there is a God, he definitely wouldn't want you to be in pain just for not believing in him. Stay strong, and don't let this get to you so badly.

Oh Kryzell

You appear to be missing a point here. I do not intend to hurt you.

I believe in God, and I have yet to see him. But do I believe in God not just because I want to see Him or want Him to do some good unto me. I believe in His dvivinity because I feel I belong to Him. I may keep praying and nothing may materialise. If this is the way we want to feel His divine presence, then we must reorient our thinking, our style of seeking Gods.

We, may, while in our blues feel that the torments we are suffering are worse than what any one else may be going through. The fact may be entirely different.

Have you ever done good unto someone else? May surely have.

Have you ever prayed for someone else? Well you may have.

Have you ever gone to a hospital to feel the suffering of those interned there-in? May have done so sometime.

Have you ever passed on your raincoat to someone who may be much more frail than you are and was suffering the on slaught of a heavy rain? You may, perhaps have.

Have you ever shared the load of work of a colleague who had a child in Hospital and had huge lots of work given by his boss to be completed before the end of the day? Perhaps, yes.

May I suggest that you search your inner self. See if you can contribute to make someone else's life a trifle better. Even animals do for themselves - feed themselves, groom themselves and look after their own safety & security. But as humans, can we be of even tiny bit service unto others. If we can, then we may be able to feel the Gods within. Entire environment will begin to appear Godly. Your faith shall get resuurected in the divinity of Gods. What is even more important, you will begin to feel much better, within, aal the time.

And then good will automatically begin to happen unto you. Indeed everyone who feels that s(he) is at the end of his/her tethers, may be able to begin to have better life. May be then one may not think of losing his/her faith. The connect with the supreme being will not allow that to happen.

That is very sad to hear. kinds remind me of my friend telling me a similar story. you know being a christian was never easy, there's always a chance that God is always giving a test on your faith. God never punished every one but he can test you that depends on if you can take it. but one thing i remember, there's no test coming from God, that you can't handle or achieve..he has plans for you, so get ready.

kryzell, don't lose your faith. HE is just trying to make you a tougher person. HE is definitely not punishing you, HE understands that someone may loose faith in HIM if things don't go their way, however no one knows what HE has plan for us. I was doubting HIS sincerity too earlier, when HE put me through an unsuccessful relationship, which gave me a child born out of wedlock. However, after knowing further details, I am just glad that HE make this fail relationship in order I don't suffer further. Be strong, pray and give your trust and faith to HIM. Don't give up, and remember, you always have HIM beside you when you really needed HIM.

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kryzell . .

what is meant to be always finds its way. Just because you pray for something doesnt mean that it will happen or that it should happen. There is a reason that whatever it is is being blocked.
Are you praying with true conviction in your heart?

"Be careful what you wish for" is all that comes to mind right now. .

God is not absent .. god is always with you . .look deep in your heart. . and in your soul . . and have faith and remember .. .

that everything happens for a reason

I know its easy to say but difficult to do but let me tell you this, if you struggle in life with something that even if you prayed for it, it wasn't granted, you did not really understood what you are praying for, because you are ordering God.

We are ought to obey, not to give commands and most of these requests are known by God even if you haven't asked Him for it, He already knows. If that sickness would crush you into tiny bits and pieces just to Glorify God, do it, accept it with all your might and with faith. But if you would be living a life that will not please God, it will only be useless.

God knows what is really best for us even if we don't really and truly understand Him. His ways are not our ways. God is not a genie that if we rub Him the right way, it will be given to us. We should know that God is sovereign and Mighty in His ways. I pray that you would ask forgiveness now and read His Word to know more about Him. He loves you more than you'll ever know and He cares for you.