Sorry for the typos i am just going to write this down and leave it here, I honestly can't really write this out consecutively so i am just putting all my bigger issues out there for advice or opinions ig idk thanks
- Fake christian hate other believers. I am havign issue with this because my pastor has been ticking me off, on a very bad day i will say P.Oed. because I know his heart is in the right place of being hopeful and all that but with my circumstances 28 child loss and now losing a husband in the most disgusting way and stuck living with him and all that like I am just heart broken and done and have no real sense of self worth or anything. But I am wondering if I am hating other christian now. I dont’ feel any particular way but I am angry and bitter, nto at my pastor specifically but I am annoyed by him talking to me in general and asking for updates and stuff when the truth is that nothing has or will change for the better any time soon. I am in survival mode and have been for a couple years now with each year getting harder so I don’t have the energy to pretend to be happy. But that maikes me feel bad when I show i am not happy and just here to worship and go home because i know not going to church is a recipie for disaster so I go ….
- How do i know God knows me? I read through luke 13 and 14 and I have always tried to prioritize having a relationship with God especially right now, but I have been suffering a lot and i do see ways that god has provided but the providing is always in areas that are for survival not rest. And I am so tired that parts of me are doubting … i guess everything. Like am I just doing things in a christian lens becuase i am a stubborn person? I think I know God I try my best to read his word every day or on bad days listen to small pocket sermons so there is something. But does now me, how do I know? On top of that there has been so much suffering that at this point idk if this is all in vein. Lik I was praying about benign separate from God and thinking of life after death becuase that is all i can hope for at this point, and scared to the thought of what if i want heaven for relief and not for God? Doesn’t that mean i am not goin gto make it then?
- Wantign relief in a specific way. I want relief with family children and a husband but if that doesn’t happen then i just want God to take the desire away and i have had neither. I am trying to be content with what has been provided but there is always sadness and i can’t get rid of it. Like I am just existing (barely)
Hello Beloved...
In response to #1 Jesus said, John 15:18 "If the world hates you, know that it hated me first." As followers of Christ, we carry our crosses and it's not a cake walk, it wasn't easy for our King and it's not easy for us. It's not about being happy Beloved yet it IS all about a real, honest to goodness relationship with Christ which is a spiritual thing, not a human one.
#2 It's a sign of your soul needing growth for you to ask what you ask in #2, this is a good thing Beloved, you are most likely being refined by the Lord via various life experiences. Why seek Church when it is the Lord Jesus Christ whom you require? Reach to Him Beloved, reach to Father for He and Father are One. Talk aloud to Him as a child would speak to her Father, He LOVES you and desires VERY much to fill in all the gaps in your life yet in order to do that you need to reach to Him personally. He gives us freewill in the hope that we would find our way back to the One Who loves us most.
#3 With God ALL things are possibly however we have to make Him first in our lives and I think you already know that He is not first with you. Father and Jesus are both very very real and they are active in the lives of those who love Them. Once they are a part of our lives, even though we may still face storms, they don't defeat us, we get back up stronger, wiser and better for having survived.
I very much desire from my heart to help you through this difficult time. I want you to know our King because you are worthy of this Beloved, now make your King, Father, Savior and Lord feel worthy, place them first and then They will help you build a more fulfilling life in which not only will your lips smile yet your heart as well. I hope these words help.