Is God Mad at Me?

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Comment by David Velasquez on April 10, 2011 at 9:48am

Beautiful song beloved. Praying for you :) and indeed the righteous are persecuted, so i pray He will grant us according to the riches of His glory, to be strenghthened with might by His Spirit.

Comment by Sharon Theresa Theil on April 9, 2011 at 7:11am

Thank you for all your prayers!  I feel 100% better already!

 

And you know what (I hope this doesn't come off as egotistical) but Jesus did say that the Righteous would be persecuted.

 

I have on my desk the 'Jewish New Testament' ;

 

How blessed are those who are persecuted because they pursue righteousness!

for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.

 

Mattityahu 5:10

 

I think we all have to remember that! 

Comment by Sharon Theresa Theil on April 9, 2011 at 7:03am

Comment by David Velasquez on April 7, 2011 at 6:07pm

Beloved Sharon,

My heart goes out to you my friend and sister. You will remain in my prayers. God loves you and He knows you love Him. Do not lose faith, for the testing of it is a must in our lives, at different degrees in different times. Continue to hold fast to him sis. LT has given you wonderful advice and all I can tell you is that you are love here and we are praying for you.

Sis do you think He is mad at you? I personally think these are normal occurrences of living in a fallen world, which are use in our lives to mature us to be conformed to the image of Christ.

Comment by Carla on April 7, 2011 at 5:45pm

Beloved Sharon..

I'm so sorry to hear that you are going through these difficult times. 

I know Job asked the same question...  When he asked it he received alot of wrong answers and misguided notions about how he has done things wrong from other people perspectives. 

We know by reading the story that God was not mad at Job..  read it Beloved.. and pray about it. Let the Lord minister to you that He is yours and you are His, and nothing can separate you from His Love.

 

Blessings, Carla

Comment by Leonard T on April 7, 2011 at 10:11am

First of all, my heart and prayers go out to you as you deal with so many tragic events and difficulties in your life. With your permission I will add you to our church prayer list including only a first name.

 

Regarding your question: No, God is not mad at you, because you love Him. Some things are a natural part of life on a fallen earth with fallen people and other times the enemy literally wars against us. At the same time God does use divine discipline, but that is because He loves us, therefore that discipline does not imply anger or condemnation on His part. His goal is to always realign us when He disciplines us.

 

Are you under discipline? Don't answer me, but ask yourself if there is anything that you have done or are doing that would warrant discipline from God. I don't believe that at least half of those things you listed would be caused by God to discipline you. The others are things He can do to get our attention if He needs to. But, even then, He is not mad at you.

 

When I go through a difficult situation I ask myself 4 questions in order, stopping when I get the answer.

1. Am I in this situation because of personal sin? (Yes or no) If yes, I address the sin. If no, I move on to question 2.

2) What is God trying to teach me through this situation? If I see it, I thank Him. If not, I move on to question 3.

3) What is God trying to teach others through my situation? Again, if I see it, I thank Him. If not, I move to question 4.

4) Can I simply trust God even though I don't understand why this is happening?

 

Praying for you,

LT