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A Question for Christians
Is God only a pure and loving God who does positive things in our life when we trust in Him and give Him our lives?
I have very bad anxiety. I've seen therapists and have taken pills for it, but it affects my relationship with God greatly because, I've always been scared of life-threatening illnesses or disfigurements... or something just happening to me that will keep me from finding love or being married... or just being able to live my life to its fullest.
I'm scared that if I trust God and hand my life over to Him that something along those lines will be His plan for me.
Does God hurt people like that? The people I see in wheelchairs... or the people burned on over 90% of their body... is that the work of God? Or the devil? Or... humans...?
Is God only responsible for the good and pure? Or does he cause harm as punishment? Or... because it's someone's plan?
I'm very scared of this. Every day I am scared.
I want to be able to love and trust God fully... but I need to know that he won't hurt me like this if I trust him.
Why do terrible things happen to good, God-fearing Christians? What causes that?
Thank you.
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I'll have to say that I'm currently agnostic, but was raised strongly protestant and bible based.
Without preaching a sermon here, I think that it all boils down to free will. There are arguments for and against, but my feeling is that God generally doesn't act for or against us.
Yeah, miracles and prayer, etc., but basically since the Garden of Eden, I think that we're responsible for the direction of our lives and what happens, happens.
As you mentioned, terrible things happening to people, but also people being cured unexpectedly of disease or illness, etc. Again, I think it's all a matter of living your life as best you can, following His path as best you can and accepting what comes as nothing more than randomly occurring events.
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God is a good god! He is all powerful and all knowing. Keep in mind that God always wants the best for you and will never stop loving you. You have to trust God, and what you'll go through will be to your benefit. NO MATTER WHAT IT IS! You have to make a promise to God that you are going to serve him and that you will hold on to his hand no matter what. But God can't promise you that you'll go through life unharmed and untouched because that's not a part of life. Everything that happens to you in your life is supposed to teach you something. You're supposed to learn from your experiences. When you trust God, what you're saying is, "God I give my life and myself to you willingly, knowing that the road will get rough but I'll trust you no matter WHAT." Many well-known preachers and prophets had to go through hell and high water just to get to where they are today. So if you want God to take you to that next level, you'll have to go through some things. But as long as you trust God wholeheartedly, it will all be worth it.
God bless you and Good Luck!
~Andrew~
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Just because something seems bad doesn't mean it is. Maybe for YOU it seems bad, but for that person it could have been the best thing to happen to them or it could just be plain old bad. I don't think you can walk around with the attitude that the Devil did this and God did that. Because "bad stuff" happens to everyone. I can guarantee you that something bad has happened in your life. Maybe you caught a cold, maybe you tripped and fell, maybe you had a boyfriend/girlfriend break up with you, maybe you lost a family member and that made you hurt. Life happens. Whether God did it or the Devil did it totally depends on your religious beliefs but if you look at the story of Job in the bible, the Devil did it but God ALLOWED it to happen. Now Job was lucky cause he got everything back but this does not happen to everyone. Children die every day...babies, and it's not because they are not a good Christian or don't love God enough. You have to allow your life to happen. It's hard, I go through anxiety too, but if you give your life over to God and something "bad" does happen, then you are going to hate God for the rest of your life. I think a good way to view things is that everything happens for a reason. The good and the bad. Think about all of the people who were God loving people that jumped in front of a car to save a child. They might have died or ended up in a wheel chair, but I don't think they would have regretted it one bit. And because that happened, does that mean God was punishing them? Are they not a hero now? What you should do is focus on doing things like meditation (like how Jesus meditated on the word of God) and eating healthy and taking vitamins to calm your mind that way you won't have so much anxiety. Hope I helped some.
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