If you have a terrible life will God [moved]

Kit Sigmon said:

Shoot girl, most of that be about my life that you be describing!
My parents were dirt poor, dad died when I was a toddler, mom
struggling with many illnesses, an lost many jobs due to health issues...she have 3 children to see to. No car, very little to no money happening on a regular basis. It be a good thing that dad taught us how to farm, hunt and fish just as soon as we could walk and talk.
My aunties/uncles etc be all dead except two and they never came forward to be an aunty no how...just in name only....most of my people be the same way...relatives in name only.

Friends be few an far between most of my life...being poor and not having nice things to wear don't draw in the friends...school was very hard but we all graduated...thank the Lord, who saw us through all that!

I couldn't have children nor would I able to adopt either, I had a lot of responsibilities put off on me early in life. I worked long hours to keep bills paid and support my sick mom....my older siblings left home once they graduated...one brother sent financial support for a year and then he bowed out to do his on thing just like our older brother did.
God and the bible be faithful...saw me through many hard times.

I walked to work lots of times back then...church members drove right on by me M-F, then on Sunday they be acting like I'm family?...people please!
Then there was the bad first marriage to an unsaved man...my choice, because I believed my "associates/friends" that any man be better than no man...I found out how wrong that was!!!

Enough with all the bad... now here come the good stuff--- God, my long walk with HIm and His Word. I struggled with believing He was going to improve things...I went back and forth, believing, not believing. Then I got to where I believed what He promised and I walked in that until it manifested...I got there by reading what He done for others in the bible and in the lives of people who were long in they walks with the Lord. All that helped me see that God be faithful.

Others around me were cruel and would mock me, mock my faith in God, say I was lying about stuff, try to set me up for stealing etc. No matter what I kept focused on walking with the Lord and believing scripture and doing what it say to do.
I decided on being the best little caregiver ever, I worked hard, attended church, read my bible, prayed, helped others etc.

I was 35 when things in my life really started changing...better job came along at the nursing agency, I started making crazy money, my caregiving job continued but I would go on to being self employed as a CNA, no more agency.
It was hard going in the beginning... but in time me and my client became really great friends and she made up for those times she was a pain in the you know what lol!
I've lived, traveled, been around the wealthy/celebs, shopped at the best stores, had my time in social circles etc. However, that life was false and I didn't want it any more...I wasn't going to trade the Lord for "the world" and that's what it came down to in the end.
But none of that society life compares to the relationship I have with the Lord...it still blows my mind that the Lord, opened the doors for what some would call a lowly caregiver(me), who only graduated from high school and had only a scant bit of time at college to get certified to be a caregiver/CNA.
Nobody I went to school with saw me being anything other than another black woman barely scraping by in life.

Also, I have my own health issues... but I would meet a godly man who didn't see it as a hinderance or turn off... we'd go on an get married...when I married the second time, I was almost 37.
He'd been married before(he's older) and have 3 grown children who are married and were adding grandbabies to the family quicker that anything back then.

You see...A long time ago I use to joke a lot about having grandbabies first, who but God could pull that off? lol.

I purposed to live for the Lord no matter what.
I accept the good and the bad in life...I'm content in whatever circumstance. God's grace be sufficient.
Now, don't get me wrong, that don't mean I don't ever be sad, bitter, disappointed etc.... the thing is, I don't live in the house of sadness, bitterness, disappointment etc. I know it not good to give the devil room to mess with you...and believe me, he will mess with you if you go an live in the house of bitterness, disappointment etc.

Scripture for you:
Revelation 21:4
1 Corinthians 2:9
Revelation 22:1-5
Matthew 6:19-21
1 Timothy 6:17-19

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GirdYourLoins said:

What about the Christians living in ISIS. Persecuted, raped and executed. Their reaction shows how I believe God "makes up for it", by giving them a peace and love that surpasses understanding. I've read testimonies of them forgiving, preaching to and praying for their rapists during the act of it happening and others thanking Jesus for being with them before execution.

Scripture speaks a lot about heaven with things like the parable of the wedding banquet, but I dont think there will be any degree of making up for things in this life. To think there will be shows a lack of vision of what heaven is like. Living in the presence of God and His perfect love will be far greater than most people imagine. Just think, you will be able to enter the throne room of God and worship Him for as long as you want. There is also the question of the bride and 7 brothers where Jesus says it shows a lack of understanding. When you are in the presence of perfect love and peace beyond anything on this earth we dont need any more, he is fully sufficient.

So no, I dont think God makes up for it in heaven as there is no need to. I dont think its His character to judge differences in peoples lives, otherwise sin would not be straightforward and the bible would teach us about different levels of sin.

To think God needs to make up to people for a poor life by Western standards when there are people in the world who are starving and suffering severe persecution shows a lack of understanding and compassion for those worse off than yourself. There are probably billions of people worldwide who would be thankful for the life described. Learn to appreciate what you have rather than covet a better lifestyle. I know the sinful nature of the flesh desires worldly gain, but if you have a job in the west you are already one of the richest people in the world. I think its if you have a car, any car of any age in any condition, and have any spare change in your pocket you are one of the richest 10% in the world.

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Angeleyes7715 said:

If you have a bad life on this earth and struck with misfortune do you think God will make up for it?

Do you think heaven really makes up for things people miss out on in this life such as no children, death of family members, no spouse, no sex, no friends, being poor and never getting to go anywhere? Having to work a boring retail job and die getting nowhere in life? Kids dying?

Not that these things have happened to me just wondering.... especially cause we haven't exactly seen heaven.

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Angeleyes7715 said:

It's not a terrible question. Saying that God who loves us should damn all of humanity and we'd get what we deserve is terrible and illogical. That's legalism not grace. Clearly God thought so too cause he made a way we wouldn't be damned. It's not saying God owes us it's asking if God God will have mercy on people that suffer. Will there be some point to everything they went through?

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