why did God or Satan afflict a Christian with schizophrenia?

[joshuahello]

I love watching bishop td jakes.In one sermon called"can God trust you.
with trouble?" I found the most satisfying answer.The subject was about Mary the mother of god.You have found favor with God and will bear a son conceived by the Holy spirit,he will be called Jesus,and will deliver many from their sins. Mary had to flee from the authorities to have her son ,not in a palace but a dirty old run down barn.Two years later she was still on the run from the aurhorities. Imagine running from the authorities like that today. She was at times dismissed as his mother,when he said as an example,who r my brothers,and who is my mother.No doubt she loved her son only to witness his torches and death on a cross.The angel told Mary at first you have found favor with god.Mabry she asked why if I have found favor all this trouble has come from it.Similarly because of schizophrenia I have been blessed in ways I can not describe.The greatest gift given to me was the closeness I felt with God in my times of distress. He said that I would be blessed.Why then did the parodooxes of what he blessed me with cause such great trouble in my life. Just because your blessed doesn't mean like in the case of Mary that the very favor you,ve found with God will turn out to cause you the most trouble,even more so than others have.I feel blessed ,and honored to suffer for christ.It,s almost like he has given me a special word of encouragement to give me the strength to handle the troubles that would come from his favor .I believe are jib,if we accept it is to survive it all.

 

[Far Side Of the Moon]

I'm glad you have a positive outlook..o feel I'm suffering due to stupidity and just rotten luck

 

[Far Side Of the Moon]

But I agree with you sometimes were saddled with so much baggage the only thing God can expect is for us to simply survive...day by day.

 

[Tigerfan01]

Every obstacle and challenge is an opportunity to grow in faith. Its amazing how God's peace is right there on the other side if you make the choice to ignore those thoughts of gloom or bitterness.
For many years I just absorbed the bitterness and anger, and wondered why always me. Once I learned that if I give God praise even in the worst of times, the devil will flee.

 

[orangeness365]

I was a very devout Christian until God cursed me with demons when I was 10 years old. Now I hate him. I shall burn in hell and it will be his fault.

If the demons are so bad that they make you hate God, why would you want to spend an eternity with the demons in the afterlife?

 

[Truthfrees]

I was a very devout Christian until God cursed me with demons when I was 10 years old. Now I hate him. I shall burn in hell and it will be his fault.

God loves you. You are very important to Him:

I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. - Jeremiah 29:11

Jesus said this in John 10:10: The thief cometh not but to steal and to kill and to destroy. I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Praying for you dear brother.

 

[SeraphimSarov]

I admit part of the downfall of my faith is attributable to schizophrenia. (Well, schizoaffective, BP type, but who's counting?) Everyone told me to pray, and God would heal me. Well, he didn't. In fact, those closest to me in Christianity withdrew from me, leaving me alone. That wasn't my only problem with Christianity, but it certainly didn't help.

I can see how someone would take the exact opposite viewpoint, though. It is difficult to find meaning in all of this.

 

[anx66]

No longer sure who I can trust, and what is real. Feel totally isolated. I read my bible, I pray, I love people through actions. I just can't trust anybody. I feel isolated and alone and my head feels like mush.

 

[777Sloan]

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[jaxis]

I have schizoaffective bipolar type whwn the going gets tough the tough get praising GOD. I also have fibromyialga.

 

[Hieronymus]

I was a very devout Christian until God cursed me with demons when I was 10 years old. Now I hate him. I shall burn in hell and it will be his fault.

So you decided to hate God when you were 10?
And before that you were a devout Christian?
Really?
I can understand anger towards God when life sucks, but can a 10 year old properly assess these things for the rest of his life?

 

[tatteredsoul]

So you decided to hate God when you were 10?
And before that you were a devout Christian?
Really?
I can understand anger towards God when life sucks, but can a 10 year old properly assess these things for the rest of his life?

Sometimes 10 year Olds HAVE TO assess those things in their lives , for the rest of his or her life. That is a reason a lot of people don't trust God or the faith. Not everyone is as "lucky" to get it at 30 when they have job security, independence, and emotional footing. And, when those people get it young it usually causes a spiritual pushback.

Honestly as a believer I don't get it either. It sounds so spiritually sweet and victorious to say something like schizophrenia is a blessing - which I supose it could be. But I feel like we tell ourselves to enjoy the pains/trauma in a twisted Stockholm manner than makes us believe it will all be worth it in the end. Not the case for all of us.

And, if you don't have enough faith and have the audacity to ask why, of course you lose your blessings through "learning lessons," like pronging an already dead cow.

 

[Hieronymus]

Sometimes 10 year Olds HAVE TO assess those things in their lives ,

Of course.

for the rest of his or her life.

Nah, i don't think so.

That is a reason a lot of people don't trust God or the faith.

Sure, but then you get older and you see that life can be hell for anyone.

Of course it is sometimes impossible to appreciate what life throws in our faces.

 

[tatteredsoul]

Of course.Nah, i don't think so.Sure, but then you get older and you see that life can be hell for anyone.

Of course it is sometimes impossible to appreciate what life throws in our faces.

Adults realize life is hell with subtle moments of a breeze. But, the hope of a certain season is usually unfounded, and most people have to deal with that while making the pain, rejection or abandonment seem deserving and an obstacle to overcome for victory.

When, the reality may be the extreme pain, abandonment an rejection makes you painfully ordinary. That, you really are abandoned, and so on. There is no Litmus to determine the validity of that except faith, or lack there of. Which is why I said if you happen to lose faith or falter a bit, you are counterintuitively "rewarded" with more of the same trouble.

 

[tatteredsoul]

MI is seriously traumatic and painful physically, psychologically and spiritually. But, it is rarely talked abut in a depth that includes the possible rationale of God, and His location in it all.

 

[Hieronymus]

... if you happen to lose faith or falter a bit, you are counterintuitively "rewarded" with more of the same trouble.

This indeed seems to be the case...

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

God not only sent His Son Jesus into the world to save the lost,
but also to heal the sick.
Men continually oppose God, more and more every day.
God still heals the sick, as He pleases, any time He wants to.
Just sometimes, probably most of the time, people have more faith in men than in God.
That doesn't result in healing, does it ?
Seek God no matter whether He heals you or not.
He NEVER disappoints anyone who trusts Him and relies on Him -
that is a sure promise of His Word, and HE ALWAYS GUARDS HIS WORD .
i.e. even if you're not healed, that won't matter any more.
if you are healed, you will know who healed you. (not mankind!).
men prefer you to stay sick. remember, men have not changed.

 

[skalle]

My psychiatrist and psychologist sure don't seem to want me sick, nor did the doctors and nurses and social workers during my numerous hospitalizations... this is not an either/or scenario.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

I admit part of the downfall of my faith is attributable to schizophrenia. (Well, schizoaffective, BP type, but who's counting?) Everyone told me to pray, and God would heal me. Well, he didn't. In fact, those closest to me in Christianity withdrew from me, leaving me alone. That wasn't my only problem with Christianity, but it certainly didn't help.

My family saw this a lot for over a decade, and the in-fighting among different groups was most upsetting - no one would tell where to go for best results, unless it was within their own 'group' , so to speak...... thankfully to God forever, lay support groups became available that weren't beholden to any one or another group, and they are often able to help find the elusive answer that "God would heal you" by praying didn't (seem to) provide....

 

[skalle]

lay support groups became available that weren't beholden to any one or another group, and they are often able to help find the elusive answer that "God would heal you" by praying didn't (seem to) provide....

My support group often helps where others fail. I admit I should go more often, because it's usually a positive experience. Sometimes I even say something that his helpful to someone else, which is reason enough to go. Thank goodness for NAMI.