Do you pray? Do you believe in some sort of God?

This is a saying that I have heard a lot, God only gives us what we can handle. Yes each of us may think that our lives are way to tough, but looking back at a past situation in your personal life, do you see what you did to get through that rough patch.. and what lessons you learned.. which can help you in a future situation that will occur or has a occurred?

I appreciate your thoughts. I feel my belief used to be stronger. I thought I was a "born-again" Christian. I do thank Him for the blessings I receive but I don't thank Him for my sorrows. I have heard the saying "He does not give us any more than we can handle". Many times I have felt that He is pushing my limit on this one. To love something and then have it die before its time is a tough one for me to swallow. I know that I should be more positive but sometimes I just cannot seem to pick myself up out of that pit of doubt.

God ways are really hard to fathom. The best we can do is to honor Him in all we do.

I know one thing for sure, I'll keep praying for you. I've gone through phases of disbelief, but a lot has changed within me. Nobody can force another person to believe. It just has to happen.

Gosh everyone, big apologies on not getting back to everyone in a timely fashion. There are just so many responses to my post. It is so overwhelming! Thank you all for sharing your thoughts and opinions. I will read all the posts and respond when I can.

Cute name Trixy. You are right, no one can force you to believe, you have to come to that point on your own. I do not condemn anyone who believes in God. In fact, I embrace the idea. However, for some of us, it is just very hard to deal with the idea that God can allow bad things to happen. The world is in great turmoil right now. Many people are suffering. I do not know how to justify that there is a God who would allow such bad things to happen. I know it is a sometimes a question of evil and satan but still, I find all of it a hard pill to swallow. Keep praying for us all!

You know, if you look around you, you can plainly see that nothing..just appears, unless it was intended to. In history, there is so much that has happened, and .. yep, it's all right there in the Bible. All you have to do, is have an open heart, and a willing spirit, and you can find so much in the Bible. Even future events are in the Bible. I am so sorry that you are lost. May God be with you.

We live in an amazing, wonerful and very coplex universe of which our earth and even our galaxy is only a tiny tiny fraction. Things appear and happen all the time and nobody (and I do mean nobody) can say why most of them happen or appear or who or what intended them if they did. Of course there is a lot of history in the bible. It is based on historic events used or distorted by writers for their own reasons or political ends. The Exodus is a typical exmaple. The Eqyptians do not record it. There was at about that time a volcanic eruption in the northern Mediterranean with a subsiquent tsunami which caused some dramtic events in Eqgypt. The Isralite historian have used these evnts to hang their account on with of course their own interpretations. Yes there are predictions in the bible which and be interpreted at foretelling events that have happened in the present days but only by the gulible. There are of course other persons in history who have foretold events and who appear to have a better record that the bible. So it is not such a good guide to the futrre as would first appear I assure you I am not lost. I have had a satisfactory life despite losing a leg some 60 years ago and I am still going strong by determination, hard work and the avoidance as far as possible any contact with any form of religon whatsoever I have no idea at all who or what set in motion the events that have to date resulted in life and humans evolving on this wonderful and beautiful planet but I rest content knowing for abolute certain the nobody alive or who as ever lived knows any better than I do. Please pleased do carry on putting your faith in the bible. If it keeps you content and happy then it has fullfilled its purpose at least as far as you are concerned

I hope you are blessed for your faith. Yes, different people and different cultures have different names for Him. He is the same to all who believe. How do you pray when bad things happen? How do you justify that God had his eyes on the situation and allowed it anyway. These are the questions that constantly come back to me and make me have doubt.