I’ve had several opportunities to renounce my faith in the past 20 years but I have not because, ultimately, the proof that God exists and is involved in our lives is everywhere.
There have been times when I’ve been bitterly let down by God but I know my life is worthless without Christ and I would rather kill myself than live without that belief because I already know how futile life is otherwise.
The only thing that keeps me going is the belief that, in some way, God has a plan and a reward for me. If that’s not true, my life was already wasted.
In my case it was not God who let me down but some how i did all of the letting down my self and don,t even know how it happened.
Some people live in pain, some brought on by them selves, others through some other means and i have to believe by my own experiences that it is all necessary for our salvation.
I could not help but think of the story about Job when i read your comment.
God bless and
keep up the faith.
God led me to read the last five chapters of Job this morning. In my case, I've been unemployed the past eight months and watching my savings dwindle away.
I understand the whole point was to draw me into a deeper relationship with God but I'm so ready to move on and yet I am left to wait and my patience and faith are being tested more than I can sometimes bear. I know He is in control.
In this thread, my point is that I understand those who fall away but I understood when I accepted Christ that my life apart from Him was already pointless. Now I'm suffering hardship and sometimes not handling it very well.
Thank you, all, for your words.