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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a lapsed Catholic and not really a "God has a plan person." That being said, when I hear it,  I take it to mean that the situations presented to us help shape who we are and even so-called tragedies can present either opportunities for growth or opportunities to make a contribution. I think about people who have lost children and are able to start charities to find cures for diseases or stop pedophiles or comfort those who experienced similar tragedy.

I see it more as everyone has something to offer regardless of what life hands you. You will have a certain strength and perspective that others don't.

There's also other ways of looking at your situation. Though you may not be able to physically have another child, you could adopt.

How we cope with life's difficulties is an important part of it. I found helping those less fortunate and traveling abroad - particularly to Africa - have helped me escape my past bouts of despair. People there have unimaginable hardship and yet get through the day with a smile.

Coping with ADHD is not easy. You should take care of yourself first so that you can take care of others. Get any help you can within your means. And are you certain about your infertility? I had my first child slightly before 43. Before that I truly thought it wasn't in the cards.

Another good coping strategy is to see what's good and what works in your life.

Does God have a plan? I don't know. But I do think life is a gift. [/quote]

Thanks, PP.  I am certain about my infertility.  Both fallopian tubes and about 70% of my uterus is blocked with scarring.  Surgery and estrogen did not help.  It's over.  IVF would be a joke b/c there is a slim chance an embryo could implant anyway (where would it go in that scar infested wasteland?) and even if it did I'd have an extremely high risk of miscarriage. It's pointless.  And we are adopting.

And I hear you about other people have it worse.  I think about that all the time.  And you know what?  It really doesn't help.  [b]I suppose it should make me feel grateful for what I do have but what it really makes me feel is that the world is a capricious place full of misery[/b] and that I don't really see the big metaphysical point of it all.  I'm not sure there is a point, or a God that feels/loves/cares.  I think we are just here, for reasons we will never really know.  And that we just have to do the best we can to survive, like every other animal on this third rock from the sun.  I'm starting to feel the story of Genesis though - we are doomed by the power of our own thoughts.  I envy animals with small brains who don't have to think about what this life means like we are compelled to do.  [/quote]

OP, the facts of your biology are just that. They are facts about your broken body that will eventually stop working altogether and you will die. That is just how it is, for all of us.

As to your bolded statement, to a point, this is true. Yes, the world is capricious in many regards and there is certainly much misery. Our purpose as humans is to know God through this and in turn to love others as He has loved us. Of course God cares. He cares so much that He sent His son to redeem us. He is constantly reaching out to us, through the Holy Spirit. And you are on the right track with the book of Genesis, which is a wonderful summary of it all. Read it, again. It is the story of God working through mankind as a whole, and us as individuals.[/quote]

So if God is "working through mankind," what do you believe He working towards?  I truly don't get it what people think this "plan" is, or how they can square people living miserable lives as some means to some mysterious and unknowable end.  [/quote]

He is working towards life eternal. The earth will one day die/ disappear/ go away and then we are left with eternity.

People living miserable lives is not a means to this end. It is merely a fact because we live in a broken world, full of sin, in which man has turned away from God. This is not the universe He created -- that was intended for perfection. And that is what eternity can and will be, for those who follow Him.[/quote]

And so what is "eternity" to you?  [/quote]

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