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Questioning God....
I've been concerned with this for quite a while now and each day the question seems to be getting harder and harder to answer...sometimes in our lives we go through so many things and at times we feel as though "God is picking on us". And though we find out that later on everything is done for our benefits, u cant help questioning why things happen. I've never questioned God before but I've doubted many times, but then a death accured in my family that made me go crazy....this was a looooong time ago, wen i was lyk 7 but till this day i cant find an answer as to y this person died (a yr old child) and i hate knowing that i'm questioning God, but I'm just real confoosed. If u guys know how i can prevent myself from questioning God and wut the reason could have possibly been, post away! lolx...(plz i dont want any1 2 feel sorry for me or nething like that...i've just been real concerned with this ) thanx a lot!
GOD BLESS ALL! :-*
GOD BLESS ALL! :-*
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One way you cant prevent yourself from questioning God is thinking, "If I question my God, then how much more will I question myself." We need to see our goal, we need to look straight ahead the path that we are on. Once we start looking at the other paths, we will find ourselves, without even knowing it, straying from the path that we are on, or at least losing sight of our goal. If we question God or ourselves, we will not be sure that we are on the right path, nor will be absolutely sure of God's every choice in our life. Sorry if I didn't really answer your question...
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GOD BLESS ALL! :-*
however, u could get angry at him. i myself have yelled at God several times. u will tell me thats wrong. ill tell u this, u r supposed to be friends with God, and u argue and yell at friends. and after a fight, and u make up, ur relationship is stronger. well let me jsut say that i am closer to God and have a stronger relationship after that yelling period.
my opinion
wat we must come to terms with is that we can not understand Gods plan, we are earthly beings, we are limited,
i myself have gone through this, i have all my life wanted an older brother, its my dream, someone to shoot hoops with, be a deacon with, grow with, then when i was 13/14 my parents told me and my sis that i did have a brother, he was born b4 me and my sis but he only lived for three days, i cried like crazy wen i found out, i "questioned God, i asked why?"
the only thing i could come up with is that God hated me, as i matured, i began to say that God knows best, and that he did wat he did for a reason, maybe to prevent a future problem... we cant see the whole picture, only wats rite infront of us, God sees wat is best, and who are we to question our creator, he LOves us so much, he brought us into this world...
Abouna Mikhiel Ibrahim's son said on his death bed to console his wife and brother "how can we accept healing from GOd, and not accept the sickness"
in the same way, how can we accept the good things in life and not the bad, the happiness and not the saddness, the life and not the death...
"wat is life but a vapour that appears in the earth and then vanishes" (Abouna Mikhiel Ibrahim) our body is just a prison for our soul, we cant say he was so young and he died, no my friends, we are the ones who are dead, we are dead on this earth, life, true life starts after death, in paradise... they are all lucky they are alive and we are dead, how can we question GOd giving them life, giving them Joy...
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GOD BLESS ALL SO MUCH! :-*
GOD BLESS ALL! :-*
GOD BLESS ALL! :-*
oh well great mindz!!! ;) ;) ;)
GOD BLESS ALL! :-*
my friends we all go through doubt, we all question God, even the disciples doubted and questioned Jesus, b4 he rose from the dead,
wat we must come to terms with is that we can not understand Gods plan, we are earthly beings, we are limited,
i myself have gone through this, i have all my life wanted an older brother, its my dream, someone to shoot hoops with, be a deacon with, grow with, then when i was 13/14 my parents told me and my sis that i did have a brother, he was born b4 me and my sis but he only lived for three days, i cried like crazy wen i found out, i "questioned God, i asked why?"
the only thing i could come up with is that God hated me, as i matured, i began to say that God knows best, and that he did wat he did for a reason, maybe to prevent a future problem... we cant see the whole picture, only wats rite infront of us, God sees wat is best, and who are we to question our creator, he LOves us so much, he brought us into this world...
Abouna Mikhiel Ibrahim's son said on his death bed to console his wife and brother "how can we accept healing from GOd, and not accept the sickness"
in the same way, how can we accept the good things in life and not the bad, the happiness and not the saddness, the life and not the death...
"wat is life but a vapour that appears in the earth and then vanishes" (Abouna Mikhiel Ibrahim) our body is just a prison for our soul, we cant say he was so young and he died, no my friends, we are the ones who are dead, we are dead on this earth, life, true life starts after death, in paradise... they are all lucky they are alive and we are dead, how can we question GOd giving them life, giving them Joy...
wow high five for u!!!
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GOD BLESS ALL! :-*
But someone please correct me if I'm wrong... ;)
GOD BLESS ALL! :-*
GOD BLESS ALL! :-*
GOD BLESS ALL! :-*