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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everything in my life has been in a downward spiral for the past two years. Finances shrinking, my special needs child regressing, difficult patch in our marriage as DH goes through his own personal crisis, sibling getting cancer, just everything going bad.

I've always been good and walked the straight and narrow road. Always honest, always trying hard to be kind even when I don't want to be, always trying not to wish ill on those who hurt me, always acting ethically.

This is not actually a thread about my personal situation though. Curious to hear from people who held on to their faith when life was proving them wrong about having faith in the first place. Like every signal you get is that there is no hope, no justice, nothing watching over you.[/quote]

As a Roman Catholic, I can tell you that suffering and hardship is looked upon as a chance to offer up your pain for those who have died and are in purgatory. Or as a way to connect with Jesus and His suffering for us. When it gets really bad for me, I think of what He went through for absolutely no reason except out of love. It gives me a different perspective. It's a choice you have to maks to be able to do that. But when you are suffering and then start remembering that the suffering can have a useful purpose, it really helps. Just another point of view. [/quote]

Some people get many more opportunities to suffer than others.  They can help the people in purgatory much more than people who don't suffer.  So if you think about it that way, your prayers that are not answered to alleviate your own suffering, are helping some sinners who you don't even know get out of purgatory sooner.  Then when they get to heaven, they will be in a position to intercede for you with god. So, if you think of it that  way, it ups your chances to get your prayers answered, eventually.   It does seem a little far fetched and contrived though, as if God and his angels are just as conniving as people on earth, trying to pull strings with the higher ups  to get special favors.[/quote]

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