Hi Billy, thanks for your comment. You made some pretty big claims about God but didn’t provide any evidence or reasoning for them. Can you explain why you think “God does indeed do great harm to many people?” And why you think we do not have free will? And why “the most deceived, delusional and selfish in this world are usually the most rewarded by God?”

I doubt anyone in this world actually knows God. I do not know Him either to be sure, but apparently I have a better gauge of what He is than most, because at least I’m willing to admit the painfully obvious truths about Him that almost everyone else is afraid to admit – that God does indeed do great harm to many people. God tells we have free will, yet it doesn’t take a philosophy degree to understand that we, in fact, do not. I’ll even go a step further and say that the more you love and honor and seek the truth, and the more you are willing to sacrifice to find it, the harder He will hit you.

Even more puzzling is the fact that the most deceived, delusional and selfish in this world are usually the most rewarded by God. These are not philosophies of mine – they are (very) simple observations made by someone who, quite honestly, simply has the balls to
say it.

Hey Mark, you sound frustrated. I’m sorry to hear that. It also sounds like you feel as though cannot be happy unless you “meet the right good woman to get married and have a family?” If that’s how you feel, you are putting some awfully high expectations the women in your life and setting yourself up for a co-dependent relationship.

God created each one of us with needs only He can fulfill. When we try to meet those needs through other things or other people, we are doomed to fail. Perhaps the reason why you haven’t found “the right good woman” yet, is because God wants you to learn to trust Him and look to Him for your deepest needs first. Once you do that you’ll be able to really love a woman. By “love” I mean selflessly do what’s in her best interest rather than seeking a relationship that meets your needs.

Does that make sense?

Hi Nancy, I refer back to the Romans 8:28, “in all things God works for the good of those who love him.” I can’t say whether the decision you made was right or wrong, and I don’t know what consequences you may be experiencing. However, since it’s weighing on you that you didn’t consult God in your decision, perhaps that is the way God is working this situation for your good. Think about it… if the end result is you never leave God out of a big decision again, and you let God guide all your future decisions, that is going to be an amazing blessing!

Yes, God knows everything that is going to happen before it happens, but that doesn’t mean he causes it. It also doesn’t negate our purpose in doing life with God.

Hi Swatisanka, there are many possible reasons. First, you should not assume that God separated you. Your boyfriend is the one who did the leaving (not God). Did he tell you why he left? If he is a believer, he should have the honesty and decency to give you an explanation. If he did not tell you why or if he ran off with another woman, is this the kind of man you would really want to spend the rest of your life with?

Hi Andrew, no I don’t. I just liked the quote.