I don't ever remember saying "I hate God" either, but certainly I haven't
trusted Him even in smaller issues sometimes ... Some of us who don't say
those things, still turn our backs too for periods of time and don't want to
walk with Him.
Phil, your reply probably sent out the wrong message altogether, and I'm
glad you clarified things so that all know where you were coming from.
When we think of it, if anyone hates his brother ... (You know the Scripture
in 1 John 4:20) ...
It reads
20If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For
anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God,
whom he has not seen. (NIV)
If the opposite of love can sometimes be interpreted as "hatred", now, where
do I fit in that one? Maybe I'm taking that too far - but I certainly think
anyway that I personally, without saying "I hate" Him have fallen very short
of that mark!
--
Carol
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On Monday, April 21, 2008 4:11 AM (UK time), Angel238 at
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> As I said before though to turn this around a little. I then must be
> the weird one as I have never thought such things. If the bible says
> we are to trust God and lean not to our own understanding, and if we
> do this, and if we trust him as do children then we won't have such
> thoughts? Perhaps all this is just too difficult for me to
> understand. All I can say is If I weren't going to heaven God
> certainly has done more than he should do for me. Even if he did
> nothing more than to give me life, that alone would be enough to
> trust he knows best. I do have trouble figuring why he does things
> which make no sense to me, but, then, I am not the brightest bulb in
> the lamp, and probably wouldn't understand his master plan for me and
> my loved ones if he took time to sit down and to explain it to me. I
> suppose I was just saying I couldn't understand how one can have such
> negative thoughts when scripture clearly contradicts them. I suppose
> I never will. I am just glad I don't have them. They must be
> horrible to think. Phil knows better than do I but it seems if you
> just tell those with whom you pray to believe God will take care of
> them, and no matter what happens if they wait long enough the
> difficult times will reveal eventually an easier path. It happened
> with Job after all. God's time is not our own. so one may have to
> wait quite a time to be shown happier times but they will come,
> because God never gives us any more than we can carry, and if we feel
> over whelmed, all we have to do is to turn the entire problem to God
> and not to worry over it any more and he will do what worrying that
> may be necessary. They will be assured with these reminders. I know
> I have been. In the past I have shown poor confidents but time has
> proven God's faithfulness though I have not been as sure of him as I
> would
> have liked to be. Sharon, when you wonder whether you are going to
> heaven just know God has prepared a place for you. If it were not
> so, he would have told you otherwise.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 8:03 PM
> Subject: Re: I Hate God
>
>
>> Phil and All,
>>
>> I can relate to what you are talking about. I went through some
>> emotional trauma that took me downhill to the point that I felt I
>> wanted nothing to do with God, and didn't want to trust Him for
>> deliverance from sinful quick fixes, and thus there was no hope for
>> me. I'm still not over it completely, but it seems The Lord
>> revealed to me that the only reason I react this way is because I'm
>> hurting, and not because I am rebelling against Him. Please pray
>> with me that Jesus will heal me of this negativity completely, along
>> with any fears I have about not making it to Heaven!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Sharon
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