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Struggles by Non-Christians
Everyone claims God loves me, but why does He allow me to suffer so tremendously?
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<blockquote data-quote="thispoorman" data-source="post: 70967702" data-attributes="member: 302253"><p>I also suffered from crippling anxiety and depression for many years, leading to various addictions to try to ignore the pain, and ultimately to thoughts of despair, suicide, and the belief that even if there <em>were</em> a God, the most likely destiny for me was either a trillion white-hot hells (which I felt that I could handle, because I was suffering worse than that already), or eternal nothingness - which I desired more than Heaven, because in Heaven I would have to deal with people, and I hated and feared people.</p><p></p><p>Obviously, I was a basket case. The root of the problem turned out to be a toxic combination of bad brain chemicals, sin that I neither could nor did repent of, and Satan's lies, which sounded all-too-true to my diseased spiritual ears. Great medical help has gotten my mind-storms under control, I am seeking talk therapy, and, most importantly, God has touched my heart in a truly miraculous way that I did not anticipate. I have long thought myself to be a garden-variety bad Christian, but it pleased God to give me my own "Damascus Road" experience - one I never thought I would have. So there is always, always hope; wait on the Lord, and He will act. Remember also - at the center of all things is the cross, on which even Christ himself could cry "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" God is not only enthroned in Heaven, "dispassionately watching" your suffering - in the person of his Son he is suffering right there on the cross right next to your own. Turn to him in faith, and he will receive you into his Kingdom.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thispoorman, post: 70967702, member: 302253"] I also suffered from crippling anxiety and depression for many years, leading to various addictions to try to ignore the pain, and ultimately to thoughts of despair, suicide, and the belief that even if there [I]were[/I] a God, the most likely destiny for me was either a trillion white-hot hells (which I felt that I could handle, because I was suffering worse than that already), or eternal nothingness - which I desired more than Heaven, because in Heaven I would have to deal with people, and I hated and feared people. Obviously, I was a basket case. The root of the problem turned out to be a toxic combination of bad brain chemicals, sin that I neither could nor did repent of, and Satan's lies, which sounded all-too-true to my diseased spiritual ears. Great medical help has gotten my mind-storms under control, I am seeking talk therapy, and, most importantly, God has touched my heart in a truly miraculous way that I did not anticipate. I have long thought myself to be a garden-variety bad Christian, but it pleased God to give me my own "Damascus Road" experience - one I never thought I would have. So there is always, always hope; wait on the Lord, and He will act. Remember also - at the center of all things is the cross, on which even Christ himself could cry "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" God is not only enthroned in Heaven, "dispassionately watching" your suffering - in the person of his Son he is suffering right there on the cross right next to your own. Turn to him in faith, and he will receive you into his Kingdom. [/QUOTE]
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