Anyone relate? So thanksful to God, but also please stop giving me all this adversity? What helped?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I am going to leave my actual religion out of it and I am not religious in terms of going to a place of worship, but I believe in God and religious values like being kind to others, staying humble, helping those less fortunate, showing gratitude, being loyal etc. I have faced so many big and sometimes prolonged adversities in the past few years where I was overwhelmed, but incredibly fortunate. I feel like in many ways it has broken me and made me stronger at the same time and I am in awe of how fortunate we have been (things like reversing a grim medical prognosis,teenager surviving a serious car accident that wasn't her fault unharmed) but with some of the things I have faced where I feel fortunate others who don't understand how bad it could have been might think the outcomes wasn't good. I have friends who are stunned that so many major challenges have happened these past few years and I feel both unfortunate and incredibly fortunate at the same time. I feel like there are so many lessons I have learned and God is so good, but also please give me a break from adversity for a while because my nerves can't take it. I do ask "why me" yet I know to ask "why not me" because everyone will have challenges. I need to be grateful to God and find all the lessons, but wow do I need a break!

Are there verses or quotes or sermons that you have found useful? Anyone relate to this?

The values you cited: being kind to others, staying humble, helping those less fortunate, showing gratitude, being loyal - are human values -- not just religious values. Non-religious people who are good have those values too.

[Anonymous]

Not pp. But read Job in the Bible. Really read it. It’s ok to question things. Get a guide to help you read and understand this book of the Bible.

[Anonymous]

Try to get a grip OP. There are people who are born into slavery and live lives of extreme impoverishment, abuse, torture, illness, poverty, and violence. I know it’s hard when comparing your life to your wealthy friends in your Bethesda suburb or whatever but modern Americans posting on DCUM live lives of so much privilege, wealth, comfort, and abundance that people from any other time could not even fathom.

Signed, cancer survivor with several horrific genetic diseases in my family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Try to get a grip OP. There are people who are born into slavery and live lives of extreme impoverishment, abuse, torture, illness, poverty, and violence. I know it’s hard when comparing your life to your wealthy friends in your Bethesda suburb or whatever but modern Americans posting on DCUM live lives of so much privilege, wealth, comfort, and abundance that people from any other time could not even fathom.

Signed, cancer survivor with several horrific genetic diseases in my family.

Right - OP is having hard times that some people never have and some people have a lifetime of. Such is life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Adversity in life is a test from God. It’s easy to be kind and grateful when everything is going your way, but can you be when you experience hardship? God tests each and every one of us in different ways. Some people lose their faith altogether and others put their trust in God. It’s like taking a test in school. Some of the questions will be hard, but that’s how you separate out people. It’s so much more rewarding to do well on a difficult test than one where you know all the answers. It’s not to be mean, as some people think God is hurting them so he must not be real. Rather, it’s a chance for us to submit ourselves to Gods will and trust in Him. I hope your adversities pass and you come into better days soon!

So God tested Joel Osteen by giving him a job he wasn't remotely qualified for and inherited from his father, and then giving him ten million dollars for a house and a private plane? I wish he would decide that I need to have a test that involves learning how to manage vast wealth well, versus having a terrible boss and parents who never wanted children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Try to get a grip OP. There are people who are born into slavery and live lives of extreme impoverishment, abuse, torture, illness, poverty, and violence. I know it’s hard when comparing your life to your wealthy friends in your Bethesda suburb or whatever but modern Americans posting on DCUM live lives of so much privilege, wealth, comfort, and abundance that people from any other time could not even fathom.

Signed, cancer survivor with several horrific genetic diseases in my family.

But this kind of stuff makes me really hope that there is such a thing as reincarnation. I remember watching this documentary about people in India who built a village out of abandoned sewer pipes from a construction project and that's where they lived (no running water, electric, minimal protection from the elements) and you gotta hope that they get a do-over where they get to live in the suburb in Bethesda. Sometimes I feel like I got such a raw deal in terms of having terrible parents, terrible siblings etc. that maybe I did something wrong in a past life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Try to get a grip OP. There are people who are born into slavery and live lives of extreme impoverishment, abuse, torture, illness, poverty, and violence. I know it’s hard when comparing your life to your wealthy friends in your Bethesda suburb or whatever but modern Americans posting on DCUM live lives of so much privilege, wealth, comfort, and abundance that people from any other time could not even fathom.

Signed, cancer survivor with several horrific genetic diseases in my family.

But this kind of stuff makes me really hope that there is such a thing as reincarnation. I remember watching this documentary about people in India who built a village out of abandoned sewer pipes from a construction project and that's where they lived (no running water, electric, minimal protection from the elements) and you gotta hope that they get a do-over where they get to live in the suburb in Bethesda. Sometimes I feel like I got such a raw deal in terms of having terrible parents, terrible siblings etc. that maybe I did something wrong in a past life.

Then again, maybe there is no such thing as a past life experience and you just got a bad family