Why do you think you can do all these terrible things and God won't care.?
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Hey just read it and shut up okay....lot's of us don't believe in your God or your Savior and we don't care about what you think is right or wrong and nobody asked you for your opinion.
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God would never command such a sinful act that pleases you so selfishly from His people.\n\nPeace.
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God doesn't put you through these trials, honey.  God loves you much more than you could ever imagine.  God has given each of us free will, the will to choose what to do, say, etcetera.  He gave it to us out of His love for us, and He will never take that away.  However, because we each have free will, we make decisions to do and say things that hurt others.  Your boyfriend breaking up with you and not wanting your friendship is his decision, not God's.  God doesn't like to see His children hurt and in pain.  But because of free will, we do get hurt.  Suffering is caused by others, not by God.  Like I said, He loves you much more than that.  He cares about who you are, what you want to be, how you feel.  I come from a harsh background myself: my father was a raging drunk and an alcoholic who physically and verbally abused me when I was growing up.  My friends laughed at me when I tried to tell them; they didn't think my dad was capable of such things.  My parents divorced when I was seven, and my mom lived half an hour away.  I rarely saw her.  I felt I had nowhere to turn, noone to turn to for comfort.  So, at sixteen, I took seventeen prescription pills in an attempt to kill myself.  I felt I could no longer live with the tears and the bruises and a shattered heart.  Luckily, my mother found me and I spent three days in the hospital.  During those days, I came to know God in a very real way.  He showed me that He loves me, and cares about me.  I couldn't describe how wonderful that felt.  All my life I felt unloved and unwanted, yet all along, the God of the universe loved me beyond my comprehension, and wants to know me.  He allowed my suffering to happen, but it wasn't because He wanted me to suffer and hurt.  It was because my suffering was at the hands of my father, who chose to drink, chose to hurt me.  God loves you beyond your wildest dreams, honey.  He would never intentionally put you through anything that would cause you to hurt.  It happens because of other people, not because of God.  I hope this helps; I know it's kind of long.
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Amen to you! \n\nYou're on the right track! We can't blame God for natural disasters (God also created something called Free Will, that allows us to choose where we live, and if one chooses to live in a flood-prone area, well, take what comes) but we can blame ourselves for creating the disastrous society we live in today...there's no limit to what we are able to do, we have no limits on our appetites (for food and many other things). There's nobody looking over our shoulder as a moral guidance/conscience or whatever you want to call it. God used to provide this, because I remember being aware that "God will see me take that piece of candy from the store, therefore I won't do that because I don't want to be in trouble with Him." Nowadays, kids carjack and murder people just to get the rims off their car. Or for a pair of fancy shoes. Or for jackets. For Heaven's Sake, People! Is there nothing we can do to stem the tide of destruction? Taking God out of our daily lives only serves to strengthen those who are in the 14% who believe in nothing, and give people who are lawless a reason to behave so. We can only be vigilant if we are given a way to enforce it (and the law isn't able to do it all--this vigilance must start in the home, where there are PARENTS for their CHILDREN, where people pray for peace in the world, where children are taught right from wrong and not which video games they have to have). This has nothing to do with what we all call our God (Jehovah, Yahweh, Allah, Great Spirit) or the creed we follow. Most people are good and decent but are deceived by the merit, or lack thereof, of material goods. For the 86% of us who believe in SOMETHING, this is a call to action! When we meet our Maker, whenever that will be, He/She will be the ultimate judge of our action or non-action.
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I think it's normal to live in this world and fear God's will. It's pretty hard to do some of the things he requests of us. Just be certain that it his will and obey his command. He will never leave you. If you do have a personal relationship with Christ than he will ask much of you. You will always be rewarded for trusting in him.
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I don't lose my faith in God when really bad things happen, but I can understand why you might.  I rather lose my faith when in a deep depression.  I think this is because in a deep depression you feel no love at all, and so you don't feel God's love at all and you think he's not there.\n\nPerhaps God is not in control of everything like we sometimes want to assume he is.  Perhaps he's just as sad over hurricanes as we are.  Maybe He too gets tossed and thrown about in its midst in a way.  This is all physical torment.  What matters is the spiritual.\n\nBut you know, I don't think God will be mad at you if you say he is not there when you see a bad thing happen.  That is almost a compliment, because it is to say that you think God is so good that he wouldn't let that happen.
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Hi. I often worry about the EXACT same things you do. Maybe this could help...\n\nProverbs 9:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.\n\nPsalm 147.11-The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.\n\nPsalm 103:13-Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.\n\nAlso just like you, I didn't understand why God would let things that trouble us happen either. Like... why would something upsetting be His Will? Why would he allow us to be in pain? Mostly why do people always thank God for the good in their life and not curse Him for the bad?  Throughout the years many different people had told me the same thing. They all said that God will only give you what he knows you can handle - good or bad. So if you don't think that you are able to get through a difficult time easily, you need to have faith through him.
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Yes.  God can do anything including things that seem impossible to you and me.   I cannot concieve how he would do it, but then I am not God.  I can concieve, however, that an all powerful God could will himself unable to pick up a grain of sand (I know you were thinking of something a little larger).  And since He is all powerful, He could will Himself able to pick it up when it suited His plan.  I know this is lame circular logic, but so was your question.
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I am more afraid to NOT live for God.  I don't think people are afraid they are just too lazy and self centered.  Truely living a life that is pleasing to the Most Merciful is not easy but it is well worth the work.
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haha God doesnt punish you for future mistakes.  sometimes He doesnt punish you for mistakes you've already done, if you repent to Him and ask forgiveness.  you have a horrible day because you are only focusing on the bad things that went wrong instead of the good.  you dont know how many times today God has saved your life, or tried to show you something beautiful. at least you didnt get abducted and tied to a tree and beaten.  thats something positive
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maybe. God uses hardships & struggle to build character to the person you might think has a 'hard life'. if he just hands over everything we want we dont learn anything.
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dude i believe that God can make a rock that it can't be lifted by even himself,  but then he could always make it light again and put it in his pocket and take it wherever he feels.  that's because God is a bad@$$.  i assume you'd of thought of that.  come on man use your imagination
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God lets things happen but he does not cause them to happen. We are sinners one day these events will be no more
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god is not the good police making sure that every decent person only has good stuff happen to them.  if nothing bad ever happened you would never grow or mature.  it's the tough times that shapes your character.
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I don't know. God isn't suppose to allow tragedies like this.
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We think we can defy God and ignore His ways and then we wonder why things don't go well. All we have to do is follow His ways.
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God does not have the answer. The world really is cruel and unjust. Hang in there.