loving God

[HopingForJesus]

I am having a problem with the OCD and an issue of loving God like the Bible says. I am afraid I am not good enough and because my emotions are messed up I feel frustrated and confused. I want to be able to love God like I am supposed to and want to have feelings for him. I feel like a horrible person and need to become less self focused.

 

[SoldierOfSoul]

I am having a problem with the OCD and an issue of loving God like the Bible says. I am afraid I am not good enough and because my emotions are messed up I feel frustrated and confused. I want to be able to love God like I am supposed to and want to have feelings for him. I feel like a horrible person and need to become less self focused.

None of us are good enough to deserve the Lords precious love for us, we are just commanded to accept it as a fact. Someone once said that it is much safer to look to the love that God has for us, than love that we have for Him, and that is very true. Gods love for us is never changing, there is no shadow of turning with the Lord, He is always who He is and He is Love. Our feelings will change, sometimes we may feel like we love God and sometimes we may not, but God knows our heart and that's what really matters.

Your OCD fears show that you love God, because your thinking and fearing that you don't love Jesus shows that you truly love Him with all your heart, because not loving Him would be the most horrible thing you could possibly imagine. But again, thinking of the Lords love for you and for all of humanity is a much safer thought, hope that helps!

 

[HopingForJesus]

Thank you Soldier of Soul. I really appreciate your input. I think I am being too hard on myself right now and like you said that I should focus on God's love for me and others. I guess I just feel as if I am not experiencing enough emotionally for anyone lately and that is frustrating. I hold onto my faith and believe he understands.God bless.

 

[SoldierOfSoul]

Thank you Soldier of Soul. I really appreciate your input. I think I am being too hard on myself right now and like you said that I should focus on God's love for me and others. I guess I just feel as if I am not experiencing enough emotionally for anyone lately and that is frustrating. I hold onto my faith and believe he understands.God bless.

I too believe He understands, better than we ever could, when the OCD gets real bad for me, when I can't control my thoughts and the whole world is caving in...I must remember that the Lord knows what I am going through and I do know He does. For reasons I do not fully understand He allows it to continue, but I know that He suffers when He sees me suffer. He hates it, this disorder I mean, but for reasons we can't decipher He is allowing it in our life for a purpose, maybe it is so we can encourage one another and also I can definitely see that I personally have grown spiritually through my sufferings with it. In your case there may not be any positive thing that you can see that will come out of it right now. but you and I must keep faith that the sovereign Lord will not do wrong to us. That somehow these sufferings will produce something good.

Now that does not mean that we cannot be free of this or be healed, that has happened to others and it may be Gods' will for us, but all we can do is hold on and know that the Lord Jesus loves us so much and that He has and will do everything for us that is for our eternal good. God bless you and keep hoping in the Lord.

 

[HopingForJesus]

So long as we perservere and keep our faith in him things should be ok.

 

[shelovesChrist]

"but all we can do is hold on and know that the Lord Jesus loves us so much and that He has and will do everything for us that is for our eternal good" amen!. & hoping for Jesus : things WILL be okay

 

[SoldierOfSoul]

Yes things will be OK! Because when we are at our weakest He is strongest in our lives. Everything may be falling apart but the Lord Jesus is there guiding us through, even when we are crushed by the weight of this disorder, He is always there to calm the storm and bring us peace, He tells us He loves us and that we are His. If only we could always feel that way! But we do know He loves us, if a sheep is lost and disoriented because of a disorder or disease will the Shepherd not stay and nurse the sheep back to health? The sheep may be so out of it that it wanders away out of the Shepherds reach but the shepherd is still there watching it as it stumbles around waiting for it to lie down and rest in His arms.

 

[HopingForJesus]

That's a good way to look at it.

 

[shelovesChrist]

yes, He is the good shepherd. and when one of His sheep go astray, He will leave the 99 to go find it. The Lord is our shepherd, we shall not want. He maketh us to lie in green pastures, He leadest us beside the still waters. He restores our soul. =]

 

[HopingForJesus]

Hugs to the both of you. That is my favorite psalm.

 

[pkhaney]

your emotions will feed off of your thoughts, first comes thoughts then very much later your feelings don't know why this is this way it just is. if you think good thoughts eventually your feelings will match your thoughts, hope this helps