What to do when God lets you down?

[AreYouReady?]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

Bingo! God is continually preparing you and it usually doesn't happen over night, but often takes a good portion of ones lifetime.

Yep. I would say that a good portion of my life was taken over by major depression. What I experienced was that many in the church system lose patience with a brother or sister in depression.

However, God did not lose patience with me. He was always right on time with His *treatment* for me. (The great physician) I did not always feel God through my sufferings, but then there were times when it felt like the God wrapped His big ol arms around me and comforted me through days when I did not think I would make it through.

I learned that just because I did not always feel Him, it did not mean He wasn't here for me. And yes, I learned a lot of things I would not have otherwise learned through this terrible long experience.

[Jack Shephard]

Originally Posted by AreYouReady?

Yep. I would say that a good portion of my life was taken over by major depression. What I experienced was that many in the church system lose patience with a brother or sister in depression.

However, God did not lose patience with me. He was always right on time with His *treatment* for me. (The great physician) I did not always feel God through my sufferings, but then there were times when it felt like the God wrapped His big ol arms around me and comforted me through days when I did not think I would make it through.

I learned that just because I did not always feel Him, it did not mean He wasn't here for me. And yes, I learned a lot of things I would not have otherwise learned through this terrible long experience.

I've heard similar statements all my life, not discounting what you went through. I've sIs these things before too. Idk that it's exactly that way, but idk it isn't either. I will say that He is everywhere but He's not always with us cause we can leave Him. I'm not leaving Him, but my heart is hurt, very bad. Years or worthless religiosity has cut me to the bone.

[AreYouReady?]

Originally Posted by Jack Shephard

I've heard similar statements all my life, not discounting what you went through. I've sIs these things before too. Idk that it's exactly that way, but idk it isn't either. I will say that He is everywhere but He's not always with us cause we can leave Him. I'm not leaving Him, but my heart is hurt, very bad. Years or worthless religiosity has cut me to the bone.

Religiousity....

I spent probably half my life hurting in some form or another. Had no mercy from the Catholic church as a child.

I found God in a UPC church and had to leave UPC to save my relationship with God because of maltreatment. Sound like an oxymoron?

I went there looking for God. Got baptized in Jesus Name and received the Holy Ghost only for the people to try to whittle it away with their legalistic remarks and holier than thou attitude. I felt like the bottom rung on a 20 foot ladder.

I feel that you certainly have heard this countless times. I know I had. But what I have said about God being there for me all took place after I left the UPC organized church system and did not attend any church.


So I do understand the feeling of being cut to the bone through religiosity. It will have to be God placing me back in any organized church system because I am through with playing church and who looks the holiness.

Almost like mirror mirror on the wall...who's the holiest of us all? mindset.