2007-09-01 04:28:14 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To give you exerience. Can you know joy without sorrow?
To test you. Will you choose the right, even if it causes you pain?
To give you opportunity. How can you lift anothers burden?
2007-09-01 12:25:59 · answer #1 · answered by Isolde 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What would happen if a powerful being came to earth and simply answered all your questions? You may intellectually have all the answers you were looking for, but would you understand anything? Would you be confident you could trust this being just because of his power?
I teach my children to be kind and to serve each other. I hope they'll obey, but they will gain additional insight as they experience what happens when people both obey and disobey this principle of happiness. I can tell them the facts, but experience helps them internalize the principles.
God is literally the father of our spirits -- we are His offspring. He prepared this earth as a school to help us achieve our potential and to allow us to help others achieve theirs. He essentially sent us to school and sometimes education can be painful and can seem unfair in the short term.
This isn't just speculation. We live at a time that God once again speaks through prophets to help us understand these important questions and to help guide us during our earth experience.
There are some short videos at the following web site I highly recommend.
2007-09-01 13:44:04 · answer #2 · answered by Bryan Kingsford 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His plan didn't include suffering on the earth. When he created Adam and Eve he put them in a perfect place, they had everything they wanted, but they were deceived by Satan and messed everything up for the rest of us. But God's original purpose for the earth was to have a world full of perfect people, living in a peaceful paradise forever. He intends to put the earth back to perfection as well as the people serving him. We are almost there, just have to endure to the end. Satan rules the world we live in now, and until God puts him out of commission we will have suffering.
2007-09-01 05:34:29 · answer #3 · answered by SisterCF 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"In this world you WILL have troubles; but be of GOOD CHEER, for I have overcome the world."
-Jesus
That, for me, is the most encouraging scripture in the Bible.
The answer to your question: I don't know.
But I do know that no pain is too much for God to turn around into joy; no mourning too great to turn into dancing. My life's hard times have been used by God to encourage other people going through the same thing; its a testimony. The victory and joy I have gotten out of those situations in my life have been blessings to others. And that's the idea of being Christ-like. He suffered so we could be free in spite of suffering.
2007-09-01 04:31:50 · answer #4 · answered by Doug 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The more if your tested by God and or the Lord Allah SWT then you will be tested as he see fit.
That choice to the submission is not a choice anymore they are in submission or did someone forget to explain the word submission = Islam to them that is the only way they could be astray and lost is someone forget or they themselves forgot how to read that is the only way you can be astray is to be ignorant to the tools and full proof that is before you in all religions and all faiths there is truth and purity.
2007-09-09 04:30:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The kingdom of God is not meat and drink but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit." And throughout every trial and in the presence of every hardship, spirit-born souls are sustained by that hope which transcends all fear because the love of God is shed abroad in all hearts by the presence of the divine Spirit."
Every trial is like a test or a preparation for building a strong character in the face of anything that life throws our way.
Yea, I know it's not easy.
2007-09-01 04:38:54 · answer #6 · answered by Holly Carmichael 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Suffering is all about the attitude. You can have all the money in the world and still feel like you're *suffering*. But you can bum on the streets and feel that God has given you everything you wanted plus more! Stop griping about what you *don't* have and be thankful for what you *do*. You will live a longer, happier life if you do this.
2007-09-01 04:34:16 · answer #7 · answered by Y!A P0int5 Wh0r3 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Because the focus is on things that are eternal...your heart and soul and eternal relationship with God in heaven where there is no suffering. As it is written, “Consider it pure joy…whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything…”
(I also recommend the Book of Job) ...God Bless.
2007-09-01 04:32:38 · answer #8 · answered by whitehorse456 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We all have our cross to bare. It is how we chose to handle our situations on earth that makes it hard. Even through all I go through even at this moment where turmoil surrounds me when the people who know me are waiting for me to fall apart because of all I go through I continue to lean and depend on Jesus and He gives me comfort beyond understanding so when it looks like a travesty to those who surround me to me it is a cake walk because I allow Him to comfort and keep me and it makes everything alright.
2007-09-09 01:03:46 · answer #9 · answered by misunderstood 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In heaven, everyday will be like Sunday; no more violence, no more wars, no more illness and sickness. Everyone will get along at talk to Jesus; in heaven there will be PEACE AND CALMNESS. This is not our home; above the clouds with Jesus is where we belong. The reason why we suffer is because of sin.
2007-09-01 04:38:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
God gave us free will and when we do things to mess up our lives most people like to say it's God fault when you do things or bad things happend as a result of bad decision making don't blame God because he only want the best for us take responsibility for your actions apologize and move on
2007-09-01 04:37:08 · answer #11 · answered by Diamond 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋