We serve an amazing LORD! He is Good and does good all the time! I am so excited to know Him and to belong to Him!

What I want is to hear from you about what God is doing in your life! Can you tell me how you have seen the goodness of God in your life?

johndeere08

When I was 12 I was diagnosed with bone cancer. It had spread so bad that the doctors told my parent I had a 1 out of 10 chance of making it. Here I am 19 years old.

NeedKarma

Not much. I run my own life, well as much as I can with a wife and kids.

De Maria

I have a beautiful loving wife for whom I thank God everyday. I have four wonderful children for whom I thank God everyday. I am alive and healthy for which I thank God everyday. I have a brother, sister and mother still with me, for whom I thank God everyday.

I feel the presence of God and His Angels and Saints in my life everyday.

Give glory to the Lord for he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever!!!

Sincerely,

De Maria

ScottGem

I am very happy that you have found solace and happiness. But I have to take exception to your statement that he does good all the time. In the last couple of weeks we have had two natural disasters that have and will claim thousands of lives. By what standard is this doing good????

As for me, I don't "belong" to anyone but my family. Personally I don't beleive that god is doing anything in my life. I believe I control my own destiny.

Jesushelper76

God is good all the time. Only people who truly understand God will know this truth.

As far as what God is doing in my life. Well I am alive right at this moment. Each moment is more of a miracle that I would have not experianced without his creation.

I have been blessed with life, a family and a job.

De Maria

God is ultimately responsible for everything that happens in life. But the primary responsibility for the evil that enters our life is the enemy's. Satan.

However God permits Satan to bring this evil upon us in order to test our fidelity to Him.

Now, it is obvous, that by your standard, you don't consider this good. But we who are Christians live by God's standard, not yours.

1 Peter 4

19 Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God, commend their souls in good deeds to the faithful Creator.

1 Peter 2

21 For unto this are you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example that you should follow his steps.

As for me...:
Josue 24 15... and my house we will serve the Lord.

Sincerely,

De Maria

Skell

johndeere, i am very very happy that you beat your cancer and i hope you are living a happy and fullfilled life. Inspirational you are.

It just makes me a little sad and angry though that god didnt have the time to answer my aunt's prayers and save her form her bone cancer. No, he ignored her and left her to die a painful and horrible death at the age of 30. Some god.

I'd prefer to run my own race and not rely or belong to something that there is no proof exists.

ScottGem

You are right, I don't consider it good. One should show their fidelity to their god by doing good works, by living the type of life that their god has proscribed for them.

I can't imagine an omnipotent being that is so insecure that it needs to constantly test the loyalty of its worshipers. I can't find solace in a God who allows bad things to happen and who's only answer to why is that there is some grand plan that is beyond your understanding. Frankly, I beleive this whole Satan/Evil thing was made up by the men who eventually wrote the bibles to explain away why bad things happen so that people wouldn't turn away from a God that allowed them to happen. I think the Greeks and Romans had the better idea, but humanizing their gods more and making then subject to peevishness.

Again, I am glad you find solace in the writings in the Bible. I'm galid your faith is strong and helps you deal with adversity. But I'm a fact and logic type of guy. An argument of because that's way God set it up, isn't logical and doesn't work with me. I'm not trying to attack your beliefs, just to state an alternative.

inthebox

"You are right, I don't consider it good. One should show their fidelity to their god by doing good works, by living the type of life that their god has proscribed for them.

I can't imagine an omnipotent being that is so insecure that it needs to constantly test the loyalty of its worshipers."


Your first 2 sentences are what most anti organized religion feel. Organized religion is believed to be a way to mandate the rules of good and bad and manipulate believers into certain behaviors. Your 3rd sentence is consistent with this belief.


Then there is the reality of GRACE.
There is no deed or work that you can DO to make God love you any more or less.
Ephesians 2:8- Deut 31:6
That is how secure this omnipotent being is in the power of His love.

We know in THIS lifetime that "good behavior will be rewarded and bad behavior will be punished" is NOT true.

John deer is not "better' than skell's 30 yo aunt, and that is why johndeere is here on earth. The Bible tells us that there will be trials [ James 1:2 , 1 Peter 1;6 ] in this life, but the Bible also tells us there is no suffering in Heaven [ Rev 21:4 ]. My condolences, Skell.