Im sorry to hear of your problems,but they are pale compared to my daughter's. Hard to believe that someone loves me when it isnt shown. Im broken hearted yes, but Im old and my time is short. I pray for her future and fo her to be helped. That isnt much to ask at all is it?
Hello again -
I didn’t actually give you my testimony so you could be sorry for my problems (but thank you for saying so anyways ❤️). I gave it to you to show how much we’re loved by God! If he reached out - multiple times - to a unbelieving, mocking sinner like me - imagine how much he loves us! He sent his Son to die a miserable, gruesome death for us! He loves every bit of you ❤️❤️
However, perhaps your faith is failing because it is misplaced and misguided? We can’t put God in a box and have our own ideas of how he should be - we can’t make him into what we want him to be. A loving Father we have - but one who looks out for our *spiritual health* rather than providing constant agreeable circumstances in our lives. Having a comfortable life where we always have things the way we want them does nothing for our spiritual health. For example, if there are things in this world that take first place in our hearts before God (money, entertainment, family, clothing, etc), then that is not being spirtually healthy - that is idolatry.
God wants us to be happy - but not with things that we place in our hearts before him! *We can’t see* how we’re tied down to the things of this world that we [unknowingly] place before God in our hearts. We need to *lose our life* to find it - just like Jesus did. We need to deny ourselves - deny our own wills, stop wanting *our own* will to be done and trust in God’s will! We can’t use human reasoning to build our own lives apart from God’s will. THIS IS HARD - to deny ourselves, take up our cross daily and follow Jesus. But there is nothing we can’t do with the grace of Jesus Christ, nothing we can’t overcome - He is HOPE!
Who are we - the *created* beings - to question the creator??
Perhaps your stubborn will needs to be broken, so you can come to the point spiritually where you can say “God, *you* know better than me” instead of having the pride to make demands in your heart about what you think your life should be like.
Brother, with all of my heart, i PLEAD with you to just *completely* humble yourself before God. Admit to him all your faults, your fears, that you don’t understand why this is happening - and ask him to shine his light on the dark spots in your heart that you can’t see, and to lead you into his truth. The question is, will you have the humility to embrace it when he teaches it to you??
YOU *CANNOT* LOSE ABANDONING YOURSELF COMPLETELY TO A LOVING FATHER WHO HAS ALL POWER AND ALL SALVATION!!
Brother, i know it doesn’t feel like it, but there is SO much hope for you! I love you, please don’t give up ❤️❤️❤️