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When you feel like nothing is going right, just think how lucky you are. Count your blessings. I can give you some right here and now and I don't know you. #1 Jesus died on the cross for you and everyone. #2 You have a family. #3 you have the friends on Gaia and elswhere on the internet you can talk with in your time of need. #4 You have Jesus and God to turn to. #5 Some people are sadly, more poor than you. Pray for them, pray for all the poor. #6 you have God on your side. #7 you have God on your side. And #8 you have God on your side. Now I could go on, but I hope this is enough to keep you feeling up to yourself. hope I could help. And remember. God loves EVERYONE. Don't forget that.

As for blame..... I can't see blaming anyone for anything unless you have been in their shoes. Satan does have some control, and some power, but not nearly as much as some people give him credit for. It this they are actually giving him more power than he really has. Before you go blaming others, thing of how you could have been wrong first.

As for the advice #5.... I'd have to agree with Lazarus. Thinking of how other people are more poor then you is not a blessing. It is a harsh reality, and yes praying for them is good... but action is something that God calls US to do. Praying alone is not enough. Also, some your other blessings may be true to you, but not others and may be a uncomfortable reminder to them of what they don't have. Instead encourage others to find their blessings.

The thing we should be concentrating on how God desires us and loves enough to send Jesus who, through a tremendous sacrifice, has allowed us grow close to God and reap the peace and joy that comes with it.

Not everything you say or feel is contradictory to Christ. I'm happy to point that out when it happens.

Sometimes we feel like God isn't there for us - in reality, this is Satans biggest lie. That we're all alone. That no one can help us. That no one is listening.

But God is there, he's with us and listening - we are never alone.

Have you ever red Job? I know that this seems like a very typical thing to say to someone, but it's a very big eye opener. Job endures many things, and in the end it was his own fault. He did everything right, but his heart wasnt there.

Sometimes God allows us to go through trials so we can become better by it. Sometimes we go through trials because someone we'll meet down the road will need someone who can relate..and because we can relate, we can plant a seed in their hearts and say "I've been there. I didn't feel God either, but He was there and He helped got me by."

Just keep praying. Try your hardest to read your Bible. If you go to church, talk to your pastor about this. He wont condemn you and he will pray for you and give you good advice.

Just remember - it's Satan's biggest lie. You are NEVER alone, even in your darkest hour. Keep this in mind always!

I'm afraid I'll have to disagree with you on this one Lazarus. Read Job a little more carefully.

As for satan/God, you can deny their existence, but it doesn't change the fact that they are there. Anyone can harden their hearts to shut out reality or what they don't want to hear, but opening up to understanding even the things that you don't agree with is difficult but rewarding in the end.

I have a confession, I hate the term troll as much or more than Paladin hates the term luke-warm. I know it means a person who attempts to rile up a group of people by using offensive comments, but as far as I see the term being used, it's more like, "I don't agree with what your saying, or just don't like your opinion so your a troll." Though I know Laz as out right admited he was, or atleast the common definition of it, but still it kinda annoys me. I guess I can blame gamefaqs for that.

Anyways Lithanus I do have to disagree with you on your idea of, "You can say it's false all you want, but the fact is that it's true." idea. I won't lie that the christian faith can not be declared as being false, but at the same time it can not be called the truth either. Everybody can say, "What if your wrong." all they want, it's all about faith. My mother tells me everyday, ever since I told her I was a diest, that I can deny it all I want but it won't change the fact that it's true. Out of respect I keep my mouth shut, and out of that same respect and the fact that I have just about as much right to tell you that your wrong as you do to tell me that I am, I won't say the christian faith is wrong. Because all religion and faith to me is a theory. Hell faith is basically the beleif of a theory to be a fact IMO. I can even say I have faith in the Diest belief and scientist have faith in the Evolution Theory. Acourse I don't plan on defending my belief as much as others do. I guess the point I'm trying to make is that we can't say for sure what reality is. We can't say for sure if we are right. I won't be surprised if there is doubt in every christians, every muslims, and even every evolutionist heart.

ok then yeah you smell a few. i spend my entire life disturbing the s**t. it's what i do. infact i'm thinking of starting a poll to get that psition noted on the guild