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Maybe for the same reason that parents, although they sometimes want to, cannot lock their children in their room to protect them from the world.
They have to face trials because it is a part of life on this earth. Like a loving parent, God is always there though.
James 1:
2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.
4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
They have to face trials because it is a part of life on this earth. Like a loving parent, God is always there though.
James 1:
2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.
4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
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Job 23:10 But he knows the way that I take.
When he has tried me, I shall come out like gold.
But one should read that whole chapter and book too.
Suffering is a part of the world because evil rose up in created beings. God is only indirectly responsible for suffering, and the part that is responsible for creating suffering is the same part that we should be thankful for because that is the reason sinful beings such as ourselves even exist in the first place--because He decided to create us. Along with having advanced beings, God gave them free reign to be loyal or not. And let's not forget that God is directly responsible for the ultimate cure to the problem of disloyalty to all that is good and pure.
When he has tried me, I shall come out like gold.
But one should read that whole chapter and book too.
Suffering is a part of the world because evil rose up in created beings. God is only indirectly responsible for suffering, and the part that is responsible for creating suffering is the same part that we should be thankful for because that is the reason sinful beings such as ourselves even exist in the first place--because He decided to create us. Along with having advanced beings, God gave them free reign to be loyal or not. And let's not forget that God is directly responsible for the ultimate cure to the problem of disloyalty to all that is good and pure.
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I see the eye of God looking at me now in every struggle .. I know He's testing and refining my heart in the midst of it.. Testing and looking at my heart towards Him..
The whisper in my ears are...
1. Are you going to hand this to me? Or try to handle it yourself?
2. What is your confidence in me like- what do you believe "I"
Can do that you can not?
3. Are you going to run to me or to someone or something else?
4. Did I ask you to do this? Or is this a result of running ahead of me?
The Holy Spirit comes in like a flood.. I know God is not done refining and testing my Heart.. May our integrity towards Him never leave us...
The whisper in my ears are...
1. Are you going to hand this to me? Or try to handle it yourself?
2. What is your confidence in me like- what do you believe "I"
Can do that you can not?
3. Are you going to run to me or to someone or something else?
4. Did I ask you to do this? Or is this a result of running ahead of me?
The Holy Spirit comes in like a flood.. I know God is not done refining and testing my Heart.. May our integrity towards Him never leave us...
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Struggle is important to become a healthy adult. For example, a baby born after labor is healthier than one by caesarean section. The struggle of birth is that important.
Another story (from my first grade teacher Mrs. Brown, of all people). She grew up on a farm, and when the chickens hatched, some could not make it out of their shells, and they were pulled out of their shell. She said it was not worth doing, if a chick can't struggle out of its shell by itself, it was not going to make it anyway.
I do not believe we are measured when times are good, but when times are hard. Some find a way to make it through against all odds, others fold. Maybe that is God's way of seeing what you are made of. Sorry, I know that sounds harsh. It does however make it easy to figure out who will benefit from the help of others. No matter how down and out a person is, if they will do something to better themselves, and I mean anything, then I think they will benefit from the help of others. Get a haircut, bathe, shave, read a verse of scripture, be positive, keep your room neat and tidy, just anything.
I hope I did not pontificate too much here, but you asked the question. God does not merely allow people to struggle, He insists on it.
Another story (from my first grade teacher Mrs. Brown, of all people). She grew up on a farm, and when the chickens hatched, some could not make it out of their shells, and they were pulled out of their shell. She said it was not worth doing, if a chick can't struggle out of its shell by itself, it was not going to make it anyway.
I do not believe we are measured when times are good, but when times are hard. Some find a way to make it through against all odds, others fold. Maybe that is God's way of seeing what you are made of. Sorry, I know that sounds harsh. It does however make it easy to figure out who will benefit from the help of others. No matter how down and out a person is, if they will do something to better themselves, and I mean anything, then I think they will benefit from the help of others. Get a haircut, bathe, shave, read a verse of scripture, be positive, keep your room neat and tidy, just anything.
I hope I did not pontificate too much here, but you asked the question. God does not merely allow people to struggle, He insists on it.