Ask Me Help Desk - God is Good!

I am good. Ask my family and friends.

While I may do good things, my heart is still harboring hate, judgment, self-righteousness, pride, greed, covetousness...

These things are not good. As long as I am imperfect, I am not good.

My God, Who is Perfect, changes my heart--this is good.

No one is perfect since 'perfect' means different things to different people. The ethic of reciprocity is a good way to live one's life, that what I try to do.

From Matt 22
34 But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”
37 Jesus said to him, “ 'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'[d] 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'[e] 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

Seems we both try to live the best we can.

That 'golden rule' appears in pretty much all religions:
Versions of the Golden Rule in 21 world religions

Even though I know what I should do, I cannot seem to sustain doing what I know to be right--not without God's help.

Just yesterday, I got so angry at a teenager for flipping me off! :)

Well that's normal! :)

Hi everyone... it seems every thing has been well and truelly covered on this thread having read the previous posts.
It appears that most christians follow their life word for word from the bible and that's great and the right thing to do for them, however not all christians practice their belief in the same way.
There are many devote christians on this board who can quote chapter and verse word for word and I admire and commend them for that, but also there are those who are quietly following what they believe in their own special way, doing the best that they can do for their fellow man,using their own judgment and free will, to the best of their ability, because this is the best way for them.
You don't have to know chapter and verse to live a christian life or any other life, you just need to know what's good and bad and live accordingly, it's what's in your heart that matters not whether or not you can recite a passage from the bible.
I personnally call myself a christian, that's how I was raised, I pray every nightfor family friends all the hurt in the world etc etc.. but I couldn't quote chapter and verse and yes I used to go to church twice on sundays but I only go occasionally now because I believe your church can be anywhere!
There are no rules about believe only man made rules, the good guy upstairs knows if you are sincere or not, it's not about proving this or that existed or saying... it says it in the bible , so it must be true, it's about you, the person you are inside.

I know many say why didn't the good guy save my loved one, I've said that many times... ( we have a gene in our family that is hereditory and has taken 5 of my family at a very young age already)... the honest answer is.. I don't know, no one does, my only comfort is at least they are together.

There are many things that we do not have answers for but I am sure one day it will all become very clear...

God is so good and I see it everyday and in so many ways.

I thank Him for loving me and all of us and I pray that those things we can't understand, that we just rely on our faith and truly know that we are loved.

May God Bless and keep all of you.

The Lord is wonderful ( and this was what the thread was about, not about all of the fighting and discussion about anything else.
All the poster asked was to tell them some things that God had did good in their life.)

So if anyone posted anything else they merely ignored what the poster asked.

But God is so wonderful, he made the sun shine today, he made the rain fall last night and he allowed me to live another day to see it all happen.
Now I think Satan may have had his hand in the Atlanta traffic today, but we do thank God that almost all made it home safetly to their families.

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Originally Posted by 0rphan

Hi everyone.... it seems every thing has been well and truelly covered on this thread having read the previous posts.
It appears that most christians follow their life word for word from the bible and thats great and the right thing to do for them, however not all christians practice their belief in the same way.
There are many devote christians on this board who can quote chapter and verse word for word and i admire and commend them for that, but also there are those who are quietly following what they believe in their own special way, doing the best that they can do for their fellow man,using their own judgment and free will, to the best of their ability, because this is the best way for them.
You don't have to know chapter and verse to live a christian life or any other life, you just need to know what's good and bad and live accordingly, it's whats in your heart that matters not wether or not you can recite a passage from the bible.
I personnally call myself a christian, that's how i was raised, i pray every nightfor family friends all the hurt in the world etc etc..but i couldn't quote chapter and verse and yes i used to go to church twice on sundays but i only go occasionally now because i believe your church can be anywhere!!
There are no rules about believe only man made rules, the good guy upstairs knows if you are sincere or not, it's not about proving this or that existed or saying...... it says it in the bible , so it must be true, it's about you, the person you are inside.

I know many say why didn't the good guy save my loved one, i've said that many times.... ( we have a gene in our family that is hereditory and has taken 5 of my family at a very young age already)...the honest answer is ..i don't know, no one does, my only comfort is at least they are together.

There are many things that we do not have answers for but i am sure one day it will all become very clear....

Very well put. Love this post. (;

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Originally Posted by savedsinner7

So, my experience is that God is good and does good. I did not always believe this. I grew up believing that one day I would marry Jesus. As a child I was molested, then raped at gunpoint, then date-raped again. By the time I was 12 my parents divorced. This was the final straw for me. I could handle all of the other stuff, but for my family to be torn apart was the last straw. I looked up to the sky and swore at God. I waited for the lightning to strike me, but it never came. I began to believe that God allowed these evil things to happen to me and turned my back to Him.

When I was 13, I slit my wrist for the first time. I started looking for approval from men and drugs and sex. I hated my life and everyone else. I was miserable. By 15, I was seeking out witchcraft. By 24, I was living on the street addicted to methamphetamine and prostituting myself for dope.

I reached a point where I cried out to God "either kill me or get me out of this situation!"

He loved me even when I hated Him, He chose to save me from myself and the destruction of my sin. I have learned that this world has evil because we are all born in sin and sin against God daily. I cannot not sin. I've tried. It is only because of His goodness and grace that I can be who He wants me to be. My life is no good without Him. Even when I think that what I do is good, it is not according to His standard. I cannot make my own standard, I have to live by what He says.

I have been given the opportunity to get to know Him on a personal level that I never knew before. I am infinitely grateful for His love and faithfulness. I cannot imagine being separated from Him for Eternity. I look forward to Eternity with Him.

His love and faithfulness are good. The sin and corruption in this world are not. He is good, I am not.

Thank you ! A wonderful testimony :)