(October 28, 2011 at 5:26 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: So basically it boils down to "I love god just because it makes me feel better"
You know, if you had just said that, instead of revealing half the things you've already said on this board, or twisting yourself in knots trying to make it justified rationally, you would have mostly been left alone.
It's much deeper than that summer. A relationship with someone can't be summed up like that. Can you sum up your relationship with your first love or your best friend in a sentence? No...the connection is deep and has many sides. That's how it is for a Christian. God has done more than "make me feel better" he has endure suffering with me, he's rebuked me, he's ordered my steps, he's provided for me, he's made a way for me to visit several countries and states, he's had me answer people's prayers (they told me after we talked) he has me helping people I don't know and sets missions before me that produce restored hearts...I believe in God because he keeps showing up in my life and producing nothing but blessings and love, even when I am suffering he blesses me. God is more real to me than the people on this forum who will not meet me. God will meet with me at anytime and delights in knowing me and changing me.
That is what I can express so far about my belief in God, but there's so much more...so many stories...so many times the Lord has intervened and saved me from bad decisions and terrible consequences.
"And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." Hebrews 11:6
