Anger towards God

last SG · 2006-03-28T01:19:49+00:00

I just dont understand why He is doing it to me & so many other people. Who has no faults? Do you? Why He is kind to some but merciless to others? Why so...

sillyme SG

We must recognise that in life we cannot avoid adversity. We can grow stronger through adversity. We will never figure out the right way to do things until we learn how not to do it in the first place. Adversity or 'sufferings' exists will be here to stay.

The key to the problem is our attitude towards it. Many times we are quick to put the blame others for the situation we find ourselves in. We blame others for the misfortunes in life we face. The first step to our problems is to take responsibility of our own actions. We must learn to bear the consequences of our decisions.

We should also look at 'sufferings' as an opportunity to grow. But we must be careful to handle adversity well. Anne Morrow Lindbergh said of suffering.

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

It is natural to react in anger to the frustrations in life. But once we change our attitudes towards problems, then we can be free of unneccesary anger.

klydeer SG

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Hi there.

Indeed, this world is so full of deceit and suffering. "But God is everywhere."

Tsk...Contradiction isnt it ? God is everywhere but even Christians are not spared to suffer. I remembered the time i first came to Christ, my goodie old friend told me this sentence : "In Christ, you will find things contradictory to what you previously believed". I didnt get it then - what in the world he means ?

Then slowly, i learned.

Through a very hard way though. I suffered in pain as many times, if not much more than when i was not in Christ. Yes, i also asked many times....where are you, Abba Father ??!

Sufferings. So painful.....yes, its true....brought me on my knees at times. Cried, no one answered. Hammered the door of my heart...no one...so alone. Disease of the heart, yes i have - spiritually and physically. It happened so many times, i lost count.

But it also dawn to me one day, that when i am in pain. I did not seek God. I wasnt still and know He is God. I didnt even "want" to know because all i care about is whether He is THERE when He is actually always HERE. So... as i crawled, i sit still and prayed. cannot remember what i prayed, but remembered clearly the comfort words of "Here i am".

Does He need to do more ? Nope....my tears just flowed uncontrollably and my pain is gone. Whatever sufferings i had or anticipated to have seems so dense compared to the suffering of His Only Son. Seeking Him when i am in pain seems to give me more strength to deal with similar sufferings. Over the years, such sufferings turned to happiness in return. Why is that so ? Because He wants us to be happy out of this suffering domain through a journey we learn. To know what is the truth. Salvation does not guarantee the end of suffering in this world. On the contrary, the evil one attacks relentlessly as you put your foot forward for more of His kingdom.

But the truth you learned in the process is priceless, nothing can buy, and the evil one cannot steal. If the Lord gives you instant solution all the time, we will never learn.

Suffering ? Seek Him. Tell Him about your suffering. He is faithful. He always listens. On the contrary, we are impatient seekers and listeners.

He is Here. All the time.

hiphop2009 SG

dat is y u see......

nt dat god is no gd, nt dat god is a liar, but den everyone has his or her own fate n life challenges.....god simply cannot juz relieve u of ur sufferings.........

HOWEVER, no doubt dere r suffering in this world, but god is dere becoz he wans u to find him so dat he can help u.......

SingaporeTyrannosaur SG

What exactly may I ask is so bad about suffering?

I don't this as a person who belittles pain or has never experience pain and loss, pain hurts and that's what it is.

But I need to wonder, what exactly makes it so unfair and bad. It's only unfair and bad if this world is all that is. And if this world is all that is and ever will be then we don't need God in the picture at all. But somehow I don't think so.

It seems to me that only if a God exists then suffering should ever make any good sense. And why should suffering pass over good people if it was a bad thing? We would expect it to hit good people as well.

But in the end it will make sense, to the point that nobody can really say anything about it. But I wonder, is all suffering really that bad? Or do some people turn out stronger and more then before. What about Teresa Chan, the blind and deaf lady who is probably far more of a braver, compassionate and living person then so many of us who don't have her kind of suffering. I don't know. I know I don't like to suffer but it is precisely because there is suffering that I believe that God is fair.

If the world is so messed up and there is no suffering when we are far away from who we are supposed to be... now that seems to me to be something very wrong. It is precisely because now is a state that we should not be that we suffer... but this suffering is never without purpose.

SingaporeMacross SG

without death there is no resurrection..

how can there be joy if there is no suffering?

Chin Eng SG

Micah 6:8

He has shown thee, O man, what is good, and what does the Lord require of thee? but to show justice, to love kindness and to walk humbly with the Lord.

I thought this lesson last Sunday to my class. I asked my students (age 11 and 12) this question: What is fairness?

Is fairness a communist concept that everyone must have what everyone else have?
Does fairness mean that everyone remains healthy and wealthy?
Does fairness mean that each of my sons have exactly the same thing?

If the answer to the above question is YES, then I am an unfair father.

My sons do not necessary have the same thing. They also do not have the same allowance. One son has a mobile phone the other doesn't.

....but I think I am a fair father.

They get different things from be because of how they have proven to handle their assets.
They suffer the consequences if they make the wrong decisions - I do not necessary have to be part of that decision, including injury and sickness.

God has allowed mankind to make our own decisions, some good some bad some bring glory to God others insulting God. Can God interfere - yes, Can God choose not to interfere - also yes.

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