For Christians - Are your trials making you 'bitter' or 'better'?

Question

Have you got hold of the joy, blessing, honour and assurance of suffering for being a Christian - as well as the pain and hardship?
Why not ask God to lead you through the pain to the gain?

Answer 1

For the most part, they make me better…sometimes though, I forget to look at that big picture, and I get a little bitter, for a little while.

Answer 2

You must be joking surely. Take hard look at Christianity and the criminal hurt that religion and others have inflicted on humanity. For example ...

Christianity and Islam like to kill their fellow human beings.

I know there are many nice people who believe in God, but the real evil amongst us, are the vast majority of religious followers and believers who have clearly shown over time to be the major instigators of wars, violence, abuse, greed and practically everything evil on our planet.

Even according to Genesis in the Bible, God is clearly the greatest mass murderer in history. The Bible is full of terrible atrocities and evil, far more than nice things, but of course believers will just ignore or twist the atrocities into whatever soothes their confused minds.

Everyone knows of murders and violence associated with Christianity and Islam, I suppose all of the other major religions have a track record of killing their fellow human beings as well.

Religion is really just evil in disguise. Religion is responsible for the majority of wars, conflict and murder of innocent life since humanity began. There is considerable evidence to classify religion as evil, and talk of religion (Gods etc) should be banned. Because the records prove over and over again throughout humanity that religion is clearly responsible for crimes against humanity, taking part in any religious activity should also be outlawed and made a criminal offence.

The world would be a much happier and peaceful place if religion ceased to exist. Although there are some decent religious believers and preachers, they are unwittingly spreading evil around our world, and that they should simply keep their beliefs and thoughts to themselves in the best interests of humanity, or suffer the consequences for their actions.

People should consider that the world would be like Heaven if religion ceased to exist, but all the believers and preachers have turned the planet into Hell.

Answer 3

I have, and I am still waiting to hear back from him. The old saying goes "God doesn't give you more than you can handle..." Well he overestimated what I can handle. Being "Christian," but more importantly a decent person, has not found its way back to me yet. I'm still suffering for the sin of being "ill" - I've lost every material posession, and most every relationship I had - because I admitted to a problem.

Answer 4

My trials are making me a better stronger person. What I go through makes me who I am and if I could change it I wouldnt. I know that when the time is right the rain will clear and I will see the sun shine bright.

Answer 5

heir_to_christ,
If they are making me bitter, I sure will tell Him about it!

Right now what's making me bitter is the idiots that run the Islamic faith. Even the word, "Peace" has to be redefined to talk to those people.

But with all the circumstances that mount in the current world I know that Jesus has been given authority over all things. He knows me better than I know myself, and I love Him over all else.

In that way I suppose that it makes me better.

Answer 6

This goes for everything I guess, but, it's one of the greatest feelings in the world to feel good about overcoming a problem.

Answer 7

you should always be happy in what you do