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Doubt

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Posted by: taszman

Having to deal with my in-laws who are both very ill (I have asked for prayers in the healing section) for the last 3 months, I am becoming increasingly unsure about God. On a daily basis I seem to be assaulted with reasons, subtle and not so subtle, as to why there can't be something as silly as a God who controls all and sees all. I believe I am being "attacked" and I am having a harder and harder time fighting back. I am trying my best to be there for my wife as she deals with her parents, but I seem to be losing my own personal fight. Add to all this that my job is becoming more and more stressful. I hate feeling this way. I keep thinking that God only gives you what you can handle, then I think that I'm in this alone and will have to struggle through somehow on my own.

Eric


Posted by: footprint9

Hey Eric,
I know exactly what you mean - I've been going through the same sort of thing. It's hard.

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Originally Posted by taszman
I keep thinking that God only gives you what you can handle, then I think that I'm in this alone and will have to struggle through somehow on my own.
Well I can offer some reassurance here - you are definitly not alone. We all (maybe with the odd exception) go through this. I'm sure there are millions of Christians out there who can empathise with your situation and would stand in prayerful support of you.

More importantly, God is with you. It might not feel like it at times, but have faith. Think of the time you felt closest to God - would someone you shared that joy with let you go now?

God, I pray you look after Eric at this time, protect him from feelings of doubt and reassure him of Your awesome presence. Help him to support his wife and in-laws and to have faith in You at all times.
Amen

J


Posted by: MarkSentMe

God doesn't give us more than we can handle. We take on more than we can handle. In our quest to be all things to all people (ie: provider, confidant, spouse, friend, parent, PTA leader, volunteer, A-1 employee) we spread ourselves too thin and run in 100 different directions. When we get stressed and burned out, we beat ourselves up or ask "God? Why am I struggling through this? Where are you now?" God is with us at all times. But just like our flesh and blood parents, God lets us toddle around and do things our way. When we struggle and falter, He is there to catch us- if we let Him.
"Not having the Lord in your life is like jumping out of an airplane and instead of a parachute, someone hands you a bale of hay. You fall and fall and fall, straw flying out of your bale of hay. You grab handfulls of straw hoping one is a rip-cord that will deploy a parachute, but you just get more straw. Eventually you get an idea that you might somehow put the hay bale under your butt to cushion the fall, soften the landing. Nope. You hit rock bottom. Hard. And you keep jumping out of the plane, making decisions which are not in your best interest, doing it YOUR way instead of God's way, believing what non-believers and back-sliders tell you. God knows what you are planning to do. He is the JumpMaster and He is standing in the door. He offers you the choice- parachute or hay bale. The parachute is accepting Jesus as your personal saviour. The hay bale is doing things your way. You have a choice here. You are asking God to give you the hay bale and we are like the audience on "Let's Make a Deal", heckling you to take the parachute! TAKE THE PARACHUTE! Let Go and Let God. You want the box, the curtain, Door #2...you want anything but the parachute! Why? I jumped more times than I can count with my old hay bale, firmly in my arms. And I hit hard, every..dang..time! If someone would have told me long ago that all I had to do was to accept Jesus as my personal saviour, to accept that Jesus died for my sins, that God forgives all of my sins. That no matter how bad I screw up, God still loves me, I would have taken that parachute the first time out the door."

Can you arrange for some respite care for your in-laws so that you and your wife can have some time to regroup and reconnect as a couple? Does your wife have siblings or other relatives who can pitch in and help? Sometimes we are reluctant to ask for help because we don't want to appear weak, but when your mental, physical and spiritual well-being are in jeopardy, it's time to swallow our pride and ask.

Father God,
Please draw Eric closer to You. Please help him to seek You in all he does. Please give him the strength to endure this trying time and the strength to ask for help. Please help his in-laws to have better health. Please send an angel to guide Eric and his wife and to remain strong and focused on You. Please intercede on their behalf so they don't feel alone and please help ease their burden. Please grant them peace and resolve in their struggles. Please shine a light for them where there is darkness. Thank You. In Jesus' Name I Pray. Amen.

Sharyn


Posted by: Autumn Fall

Im praying in agreement.Wow,Sharyn, i like that idea, that God doesnt give us too much to handle, but we are apt to take on too much ourselves. Nice revelation there

Lord, please help Eric during this time and quiet the doubts in his head. Let him feel the awesomeness of Your presence in his life, and as he is there for his wife and her family. Relieve much of the stress of his job, make it more bearable for him. Let him find rest in You. Bless this entire family abundately! In Jesus Christs name, Amen!