Why do I feel this way?

Question

I am a catholic and was raised in catholic home. I believe in God, but sometimes I get angry and doubt him. I am by no means a perfect person, noone is, but I do have morals and no what is right and what is wrong. I have always for the most part did things that were morally correct, because in my heart its how I felt. But I feel so lost, because I have always had to struggle in my life. Things never seem to work out for me no matter how hard I try and if anyhthing hard and sad things seem to happen if anything. I am tired to be honest and don't know how to feel anymore. I am 29 yrs old and I went through alot in the last year or so. I don't know how much more I can take. Why does God put so much on my plate when I don't feel I deserve this much. And there are people that live so easily and are lucky in this lifetime and they don't even have a faith or believe in God.

Answer 1

Sweetie GOD will never put more on you than you can bear. Your going through things in you life for a reason. Your testimony is not for you it's for someone else who is going through the same things, that you may minister to them and show them how to overcome hardships in there life. You need to stay encourage and get into a bible believing faith filled church that will encourage you in the word of GOD. Pray to GOD, first you need to ask for forgiveness for your unbelief and ask Him to help you with your doubts. Anyway say Lord I need your help, I can't do this alone. Just talk to Him and BELIEVE me He is going to show up your situation and begin to work everything out.

Answer 2

I was raised Christian, and I went through the exact same thing you are going through right now. I started to doubt God and everything, and I was miserable. But actually, I have found something truely amazing. I think I now know how to be content in this life. This is going to sound bad to all of the religious people out there, but it doesn't mean that I am a bad person. I just know this because I used to be religious, and I judged people like no tomorrow. Please hear me out. This could work for anyone I think, except those that are extremely devout in their beliefs. How I live my life today is by not thinking that there is a God. I just have let go of that idea, that there is a God. This is not a negative thing or a positive thing. It is a nuetral thing. I am not angry and I am not bitter. I am not crazy. I am a person that is a firm believer in doing what is right. What is right to me is not focusing so much on what happens when I die, or if there is a God watching and judging me, or even if there is a Satan controlling me. I have given up on all of that. I don't think about it anymore. I just don't. This is what I think of instead:
I am number one
People, animals, insects, and nature are my fellow life forms equal to me and sharing this life with me
take time to talk to people, animals, insects, and nature, and meditate with them
take it easy
don't rush things
relax and just enjoy life
fall in love with the simple things
see death as a transcendence from this world into another world :)
think of death as something worthy of looking foward to
know that i have the right to kill myself, but that killing myself would just be cheating and taking the easy way out and cutting life short-with this in mind, deciding that i want to at least try in life, knowing that i at least tried

Answer 3

Take a break. Read about other religious beliefs, and rituals and the fun stuff too. Talk with people about what they feel. If you really believe in Christ and Catholicism, something someone says will help you feel better. If you don't, if this is more than that, you may find someone or something that fills that need in your life. I'm sure even the Christian God can understand taking a walk from things to clear your head. I'm not Christian but I think that the Christian way to say it would be, "if God dwells in your heart, he will bring you home." Sometimes, justhearing another person describe things in a different way helps us think around our current funk.

Answer 4

So what? You have hard times and the Lord helps you through them always. You're still living life you're roads just a little bumpy. I think hard times can be made the best because that's normally when I become closest with God. Within the past 3 weeks I have just found out that my best friend who was living with me was practically dating my father for the past 6 months she lived there. My mother was also living in my house. Now my exfriend is making up things like my dad raped her to get him put in jail. Just like she said she would if he broke up with her. My mom left for 2 weeks. The rumors about the whole incident were flying and I knew there was nothing I could do. I just`sat back`and kept praying and as of now the rumors are little, my parents are back together, and I'm still a happy person. My parents decided that they're going to turn to God to help them. I have to go to court wednsday on behalf of my father but I'm not even worrying because I know he will protect me just has he has been doing.

Answer 5

There was a time in my life (for a very long time) that I thought everything bad that happened to me was some kind of punishment from God for something that I did wrong. My belief has changed drastically. I believe that each of us comes here with our life already charted, each of us has our own challenges in life to help us learn and perfect our souls for God. I see whatever challenges I have as an opportunity to learn. My life has not always been easy, and there are people who seem to have it much better. I know exactly what you are saying, I've felt that way so much in my life. Every time something comes up that is hard or hurtful, I try to think, ok, this is what was charted for my life in order for me to learn and grow spiritually. Many times other people's lives seem to be easy, when in fact they may not be. Every time I go through a rough period in my life, I try to see it as something that is going to make me stronger. Don't lose your faith, you're becoming a stronger person because of what you're going through.

Answer 6

Dear friend, its very simple, u evaluate ur life based on ur own judgement, failing to understand that we dont have neither the knoweldge or the wisdom to set ourselves as judges!
There is a wisdom behind everything that we go thru in life, good and bad, and if only ud take the moment to comprehend, ud realize that everything God does is for ur own good, even if it may seem otherwise!
starting from teaching u a lesson the hard way, hold up a blessing (or thats what u think it is) that will certainly do u harm, or delay ur prayers to a better timing, or even drown u with unlimited blessings so ud call urself ''lucky''!
All have wisdom, its just we sometimes r so blinded to grasp it!

Answer 7

First, I'm and atheist, so I don't think god has anything to do with any of this. However, you shouldn't worry about how it appears other people live. You may be surprised at what their life is really like.
Everybody has troubles. Everybody leaves a little blood on the floor before we leave here.
I don't have any answer to your problems, but I can tell you that you aren't alone in how you are feeling.

Answer 8

Well, faith and feelings don't mix together, you should never base your faith on the way you feel. That leads to self doubt, God doubt and self destruction. I pity the people who don't have God. When a Christian goes through tough times even if it's just emotional hardship, they have a resort, a refuge, a stronghold. God is always providing us with that. But when you don't have anything to fall back on, and recharge in the promises that God makes to you, and be reassured of His unfailing love in spite of who we are, or our circumstances, then I just can't see the light at the end of the tunnel, you know what I mean? All people struggle through life. It wasn't supposed to be easy. In fact, Jesus himself tells us that we will have to face difficulties in life. But He makes a promise along with this acknowledgment and that is that He's always going to be there.
Also, clinically speaking, you might have some unresolved issues, and might have symptoms of depression. You might want to check out a Christian counsel for that. Keep in mind that you don't have to be perfect to be loved by God. He doesn't want you to perform for Him, he doesn't need you to win his heart, just to give your heart to Him, and watch what he's going to make of you. He loves you with your imperfections and with all your problems and in spite of all your shortcomings. You don't even have to make them right to win His love. If you are so stuck on getting things right, you will have a hard time and spend a lot of energy stressing over this obsession. Instead, you need to consider working with God as a team, and let Him lead, and you follow. In practice that means to not take yourself so seriously, or it could mean that you need to reevaluate your goals, maybe your goals are set too high, or something like that. In any case, you need to accept your limitations and work with them. And if you fail, you get up again, don't get bogged down and wallow over spilled milk. Everybody fails in one way or the other, Being a Christian is hard. I used to say to people that I hate being a Christian if it wasn't for having that wonderful relationship with God I'd totally sign out of Christianity. Part of maturing is learning your lessons when you fail. If you make a mistake, God does not care, because He actually cares about your attitude. All you can do is hope to and set out to do better next time. And don't worry, there will be a next time as long as God thinks you need to learn your lesson.. But hard as it is, this Christianity deal, it's like a hike in the mountains or hills, per say. When you arrive at the peak, all that hard work pays off. You know what I mean? I hope you find solace in knowing that God is right beside you and that He will never leave you no matter what. God bless you!

Answer 9

Hi MiaMia. I think we all go though times when we feel like the weight of the world is on our shoulders. You should pray to God and tell Him whatever it is that is troubling you. Turn it over to God and let his will be done in your life. God gave us a prayer in Mark 9:23-24 to help us during times of doubt. I pray this one sometimes:

"Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” 24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”

Pray often. Pray to God to help you with your unbelief.

Answer 10

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was
walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the
sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he
noticed two sets of footprints in the sand: one
belonging to him, and the other to the Lord. When
the last scene of his life flashed before him, he
looked back at the footprints in the sand. He
noticed that many times along the path of his life
there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed
that it happened at the very lowest and saddest
times in his life. This really bothered him and he
questioned the Lord about it. "Lord, You said that
once I decided to follow you, You'd walk with me all
the way. But I have noticed that during the most
troublesome times in my life, there is only one set
of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed
you most you would leave me." The Lord replied,
"My son, My precious child, I love you and I would
never leave you. During your times of trial and
suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it
was then that I Carried You."