Does a loss of a loved one: bring you closer to God? take you away from God? same feelings for God? or you jus

Question

...just don't believe in God?

Answer 1

When my brother died, I went through a lot of emotions. I was angry at God, questioning God and just generally distressed. I took comfort in the fact that many of the chapters in Psalms and Job are people lamenting to God. Ultimately, I think I was brought closer to God partly because I take comfort in the fact that my brother is in heaven. I like to think he's watching over us somehow.

Answer 2

The loss of my dad a few years ago brought me closer to God because Dad had suffered so much during his last few months in this life. He was a believer and I know that the Lord had taken Dad to a much better place. I will always greatly miss Dad, but I know that after I have finished my journey in this life that I too, as a believer in the redemptive power in the blood of Jesus Christ, will one day again see my dad in his glorified body where we will have perfect peace and eternal joy with all our loved ones who have gone before us in the presence of the Almighty and all the angels and saints.

Answer 3

The loss of a loved one can make one "angry" with God or make one doubt God. I have known different people to do feel this way initially. I have known peope too who have been drawn closer to God through their loss and still others to lose their faith entirely. I really think the reaction or rather the extent of one's reaction really depends on how deep their faith was before the loss of the loved one.

Answer 4

Lost my mother in 2003. Lost the rest of my hearing in 2003.
Every breath I take brings me closer and closer to God. My feelings, knowledge and entire life has changed for the better.

God Rocks!!!!!

Answer 5

In general it all depends on the person who has lost that loved one. It depends on their faith, their belief in God. Those that don't believe in God or that God is truly ALIVE, they don't feel close to God at all. But most of them are the first to "blame" God for the bad situation, the world conflicts, etc., etc. They are the first to say "Oh God, why?"

For me it brings me closer to God. Why? Because, knowing that God is our Creator and after this life's journey I know we will be walking upon the streets of our Father's kingdom.

Most people don't mourn for the loved one, they mourn for selfish reasons. We need to be happy that our loved one has crossed over from this leg of our journey to the kingdom of God. They are now without sorrow, pain, etc. etc.

Answer 6

When I lost my Grandpa, I was mad at God and the whole world. He was pretty much my father figure since my dad drank and beat my mom all the time. I then realized that he was better off. We can be selfish when someone dies. When my Grandma died, it made me closer to God. They are both with Jesus now. I still love and miss them very much but I know they wouldn't want me to be mad

Answer 7

My father passed away a couple of years ago; four days before he died, he said yes to Jesus. 91 years of refusal, but at the end of his life, God had mercy and turned my father's heart.

I would say it drew me much, much, much closer to the Most High God. It is something very special, that I carry in my heart, knowing that because of God's mercy, my father was saved and one day I will see him again.

Answer 8

It depends on the person. One of my friends, "John" completely turned his life around and became a Christian after his grandfather died. That was the only person who shared God with "John" and my friend knew that his grandpa was glad that "John" became Christian, even though it took the death of the one person he was close to.
So it really depends on the person.

Answer 9

when i've lost loved ones i've had the same feelings for God. i realize that death is a part of life but depending on your relationship to the person who died, it can be very hard to accept.

Answer 10

It brought me closer to God. It made me understand that our life here is not all there is. We do have an afterlife.