Have you ever been angry or frustrated with God?

Question

How did you feel when you needed God and he seemed to be far away? Please be honest.

"No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. - William Penn

"We are fools for Christ's sake." - 1 Corinthians 4,10

Answer 1

Hi Abel,

i think most believers have had moments when they whether God was there or felt distant from God.

The Bible however, comforts us in this area. Over and over the Bible has so many verses which promise Christ's presence, and i have found that when i feel distant from the Lord- i pray and read His word and He reminds me of His personal love for me.

The Scriptures (Psalms) record times when King David (the man after God's own heart) felt abandoned and was disappointed with God. The Psalms are a great comfort because they show us that we can truthfully bear our hearts to God and God who knows our hearts- will hear the cries of our heart and always do what is best for us. Sometimes he allows us to keep seeking- so that we will learn how to cry out to Him and trust Him. And sometimes He answers immediately.

Anyhow i'm thankful that God desires to be near to us, and so it helps during times when i've taken my eyes off of Jesus that God honors our desire to seek after Him.

Hope that helps. Please do email me if i can pray for you in any way.

Kindly,

Nickster

Answer 2

I sometimes feel frustrated by the way things turn out, but I don't think I've ever been mad at God. But man, I sure do ask why a lot. I guess at the end of the day, I feel I'm responsible for my own actions and the consequences that may follow. And I don't believe that everything happens for a reason. When my sister in law was killed by a drunk driver, I didn't feel like that was "part of the plan." **** happens. We deal with it in the best ways we can. Hopefully, we're being listened to and helped along the way.

Answer 3

Well, a couple of times. One in particular was when I was in court fighting for custody of my 2 youngest children with their father. He seemed to win more than I got because of the money he had. I was angry at God and thought I was being treated unfairly. Well, about a year later I got witnessed to and became a born again Christian. I have repented to God and told Him how sorry I was. Well, it seems as though the tables are starting to turn for the better in this case, now that I put everything in God's hands.

Answer 4

I used to get pissed at God before I gave up my belief in "him". I finally realized that no loving god would allow all this **** to continue, and that the christian rules for getting into heaven were ridiculous and full of loopholes. I began to research Christianity and slowly realized what religion really was. Mind control.
There is no god and there never was any god. People made it up and have been selling it ever since. Fear is a very successful sales tactic. Religion is a trap. Free yourself.

Answer 5

It is not actually anger but frustration. I was unable to comprehend the working of the Divine in our lives. However there was a faint inkling that all the sufferings are our own making. Now I realize God is a mere witness and He never intends any suffering to Humanity nor He inflicts any. It is our own thinking and actions which caused the reactions or reflections on us at appropriate time and that was a good lesson to learn. nagarajan.

Answer 6

I think most people get angry with God at some point in their life. I think God understands our frustration. But in the same way that you overcome anger or frustration with a family member or friend, you must overcome frustration and anger with God. If you have to talk about the issues that make you angry to make things better with those around you, then you have to do the same with God. Talk to him. He listens to everything that's on your mind and in your heart, even the angry things. I've gone through situations in life that have made me angrier with God than I've ever been with anyone else. And some times it seems like heaven is silent. But he hears absolutely everything. Just trust that He has everything in His control,and He will see you through your anger and frustration.

Answer 7

Actually, I'm a little frustrated with Him now. I lost someone dear to me just six months ago. I wrestle with my feelings. I asked God for healing and the answer was to take him out of this world. At the moment my prayer life is affected. And, it wasn't like God was far away. it was like God was right there and jusr said no.

Answer 8

I have been a Christian now for just over 10 years and I can honestly say that there have been times when this has happened to me.

Without getting into particular details, there have been times in my life when it seems that God is indeed far away, of course these are usually times of great need, hence the searching for God etc.

There have been times when I have cried out to God yet seemed to get no response, and yes I have been frustrated, even angry that God has not intervened as I wanted.

But what I have found is this, whenever these 'situations' were eventually sorted and I looked back, I could see the hand of God in it all. The thing is that sometimes the problems themselves, as it were, hid God from me, as I focused more upon the problems themselves, instead of God and of course at times just the very fact that I am experiencing a problem has made me ask questions like "what are you at here God?", "this is not how it's supposed to be" and so on, and sometimes it just comes down to complete trust in God because you cannot sense Him, hear Him, see Him at work.

At times I have talked with other Christians about situations and all that they could offer me was cliche's and verses from the Bible.

Now I need to quantify this here, I know and believe fully in God's word, it is the answer, has the answer etc. But sometimes because of the state of your mind and thought process you are unable to assimilate this into the situation and really what you need at this time are friends, friends who will listen, friends who will encourage, friends who will pray for you and walk through this valley with you. This is what we as Christians should and need to do with each other

I know from personal experience that it is easy to talk like this when not in one of these situations, much harder when in the middle of one, but if you are going through a situation at the minute, all I can say is hang in there, do not give up - in the Bible it describes troubles as valleys, now as we descend into a valley things can be hard, but the biggest problem arises when we actually give up and settle in the valley, keep pressing on and you will come out the other side, this is a cast iron 100% guarantee from God.

It may sound by my answer that I am someone constantly in trouble, in the valley and so on, but this is not the case, I am simply answering your question.

Sometimes it is a good thing to talk about these situations to someone else, now I don't for one minute consider myself a counsellor or anything like that, but if you want feel free to e-mail me anytime and we can have a 'chat' or whatever.

JB

Answer 9

When my ex-gf left me behind for another guy, I realised that I was really alone.. I used to bite my hand till it bleeds instead of brusting into tears, I had no one around to talk to and realised that for 8 years, I have had no one but her in my life. I kept on asking God to bring her back to me but seemed there's no response.

I abandoned work, abandoned people, I began to bathe evey 4 or 5 days, I got fired...

I felt alone...

When my little sister came to me one day to take my hand to the window, I realised that everything is green and white, plants and flowers are everywhere.. that's when I decided to pray back asking for forgivness.. I thought that was a test and I failed.. I began to recover and be that clean successful person again...

One day I met the guy she left me for, she left him also after 2 months for another, and another.. I was really happy that God took her off my life.. when she tried to return back, I felt like I'm allowing a Copra into my house...

God knew the better choice for me and applied it.. Since then my friend.. Whenever I Try to do something that I really want, and I can't, I say: Thank God.

Answer 10

When this happens I do two things. First I read that poem footprints because it reminds me God is there even if I don't feel him. Second, I pray more and read my bible more because I figure if I get angry or frustrated with the lord its probably the devil trying to get me away from God which is pretty much all the devil does. Or I figure if I don't pray and read the bible more I will stray from the lord and by doing so give the devil more access to my heart. I will pray for you too. The bible encourages telling God what is bothering you and telling him you are upset with him. Read Job. I am praying for you.