I never thought being a Christian would be a walk in the park, but I never ever came close to anticipating the level of pain and suffering I have experienced as a Christian. It's been constantly heart ache and pain for me. And even at that level, it's nothing compared to what some Christian missionaries and martyrs over sea's have experienced. Thanks in advance for your answers. God bless.|||Interesting..
I'm sorry it feels that way. =(
You have my sympathy.
*Hugs*.
..Personally I'm an atheist + a former Christian, but I never really had to suffer through *that* much heartbreak. (Christianity-related heartbreak, that is.) I guess it depends on WHAT exactly one believes, how much emphasis one places on things such as hell and one's own innate "sinfulness", etc..
May I ask WHY it is that you find it so difficult?
You won't have to answer if you don't want to, but you got me somewhat curious, so..|||As a young man, my walk hasn't always been easy either. In the next coming months I will be traveling to africa to continue the work over sea's.
Through my normal walk in the USA I have been horrified by the number of Christian's that even exist these days. Not many people even care to talk about God or discuss him. At age 19 I have a very long walk ahead of me, but I think back to what is told to us in
2 Peter 3:8
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
put that in man years, 10,000,000,000 years in God's time burning in a lake of fire doesnt sound to appeasing, when I could secure my home to heaven in a short 70 years, mans time.
http://www.newtestamentchurch.org|||My wife recently passed after spending 30 days in ICU, so I too have recently had a tough go of it. I feel like Paul: "For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better. But if I live, I can do more fruitful work for Christ. So I really don't know which is better. I'm torn between two desires: I long to go and be with Christ, which would be far better for me. But for your sakes, it is better that I continue to live" (Philippians 1:21-24)
So now I do what I can for the Lord and pray He will eventually reunite me with my wife in Heaven.|||It is painfull at times but i am enjoying not because what i go thru but because for whom i go thru. We focus on the cross before us so whatever is happening at the moment will not affect us
Following are the golden verses that i go thru in time of pain. It always gives me rock of energy
Rom 5:3-5 "More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us
2 Tim 3:12 "Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,"
Rom 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written,
"For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."
37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,
39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.|||i didn't expect it to be great though i didn't expect the trials i've been through either (my dad almost dying and now being on his death bed,my so called friends deserting me,my grandmother falling and breaking a hip and having Alzheimer's,my mom being in bad health,me taking care of all three of them plus eleven pets) my life wasn't a piece of cake before i was saved but it was all my fault it least now I know God is here for me before I didn't know if He was or not|||GOD said i will never put more on you than you can bear or nothing
that others have not gone through ! BUT he also says i will show
you the way out ! keep up in your faith it will pull you through
any hard times that can come your way ! being a christian is a hard life
but so is life its self i would hate to think of trying to go through this
life with out him ! and bad times i have had my share ! but as GOD promised
i always found my way out ! JUST TRY TO THINK OF THE LIFE AFTER THIS !
this life is short lived compared to what we will be going in to ! hang in there you
have a ever lasting life to look forward to and it wont have the pain that this one does !
GOD BLESS YOU ! TRY NOT TO GET SO DOWN GOD IS WITH YOU !!!|||It is hard and painful to live a Christian life here on earth. A Christian has to live in 2 worlds, the world of the Spirit and the world of the flesh. Christians have to wear the armor of the Word and stand true and firm with the Word of God to be a true Christian. A true Christian fells the pain Jesus felt during His crucifixion from the unbelievers shouting death when He only came to spread the word of Love and to redeemed us with His blood of our sins.
Living in the flesh is easy to live in sin because one follow no moral laws but their own laws man make to live in a world temptation of evil.
I pray for those true Christian missionaries and martyrs that go over sea's to work and spread the Word of God to who ever that wants to listen and need the help of God and Jesus Christ as Our Savior and Lord.
GOD BLESS! AMEN! SHALOM!|||Jesus said that it was going to be difficult (John 15:18-25). That is why He said to take up our "crosses" and follow Him (Mark 8:34-38). But, thankfully, His yoke is easy and His burden is light (Matthew 11:28-30). Plus, this tribulation will not last forever (1 Corinthians 15:50-58). I am assured that if I persevere to the end, I will receive the crown of eternal life that the Lord is waiting to give me on the Judgment Day (Revelation 2:10; 2 Timothy 4:8). Therefore, I will count it all joy when I fall into various trials (James 1:2).
I suggest that you keep these things in mind. Also, attend services regularly so that you can be encouraged by your brethren in Christ (Hebrews 10:24-25). And, never forget the power of prayer, always remembering that the loving God of all Heaven and earth hears and cares about you (Matthew 7:7-11).
I hope that these things help.
God bless.
I'll be praying for you.|||I feel no pain when I am reminded of the pain and suffering Jesus Christ went through so that we could all be saved. Yes some people laugh and ridicule us for being Christian, but we will be glorified in Heaven. Why are you suffering? You should pray, Jesus's love will make all the difference in your life :)|||Being a Christian is struggling through a cocoon of sins and greed in this world in order to emerge a butterfly in the afterlife.
BTW I used to live in Cazenovia.|||Many think Hey I'm on Gods side, now things will be easy. But they will soon learn that we have become an enemy of the world and satan that will throw fiery darts at us. But we have the sword of the Lord to help us through. Peter 5:10 " But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. "|||Isa 53:4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows...
Learn how to deal with it in the same ways that you deal with sin. It is an amazing thing when the things that would drag you down like a boat anchor simply - - - - don't.|||I find it the greatest joy in my life. Before I knew God life was painful and difficult.|||I know I had no idea how hard it was going to be, but its all worth it.|||I find it a joy. I imagine if I lived in another country or time, it would be hard.|||no one knew what it would be like before they were saved|||I didn't underestimate the opposition I would get. My relationship with the Lord began firstly with being drawn to seek Him out, when I asked if He was really there.. and if so, there had to be something better than the human condition I saw around me at that time.
I had a very tangible response when He organized 3 trusted Christian people to tell me the same answer. None of them had coordinated it between them - the coordinator was the Lord!
I was specific in wanting truth instead of the array of conflicting doctrines on offer, and I found out, to my astonishment, that my new employer was also a pastor %26amp; excellent Bible teacher.
He told me, and confirmed with scripture, that I would now experience a flare-up of opposition from the people I knew and even from my godless family. I expected a spiritual clash.
When some work colleagues were visibly agitated at just being in the same room, and launched their sarcastic verbal attacks because I was reading a Bible in my lunch breaks... my faith was strengthened in the knowledge of the nature of those attacks. The same people declared themselves to be Roman Catholics, which was no surprise to me.
It was the same when my own mother, who had never in my 33 years mentioned anything about faith or Christianity, became extremely critical - calling me a "fanatic" - and began sprouting vague and scrambled up bits of dogma at me, whose origin seemed to be the Nicean Creed of 325AD!!
There can be pain and difficulty, but my solution is to be more selective of my company.|||The poor subjugated majority.
Get over yourself and your self-imposed victimhood.|||That's what every emo says.|||Don't even...|||Would you like some nails with that martyrdom?
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