tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889033218158877092.post891329612813473836..comments2023-10-30T08:29:44.282-05:00Comments on thoughts, musings & the odd butterfly along the journey: "I do believe, help my unbelief"Joy Thomas Klassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18063553632501472958noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889033218158877092.post-2144437309541668042014-05-14T23:31:19.802-05:002014-05-14T23:31:19.802-05:00Sherry, thanks for your comment. It is hard livin...Sherry, thanks for your comment. It is hard living in this fallen world. Pain. Sickness. Death. Suffering. Brokenness. It is hard. I don't have experience with much of what you have written about, but I have had experience that has shattered me to the core of my being. My heart and my head have struggled - but I thank God that in the midst of the hardest times of my life, I CAN recall HIS faithfulness in the midst of the brokenness. I continue to ask Him to increase my faith - and in the middles of these cries, I weep. Life is hard. But it would be so much harder without Jesus. I have been profoundly touched by a book I read by Dr. Larry Crabb called Shattered Dreams. I have it here - and would gladly share it with you. I don't believe God does the bad things … but I do know that He allows things, and we also bring on things by the choices we make at times - because He has given us free will. If you need a place to talk - I will make tea and we can do that. God really is Sovereign my friend. But babies still die at birth, young moms die in car accidents and leave behind children as orphans … people get cancer including children like sweet Ben, who went to heaven last night. We don't have the answers - but we know WHO does. One day we can ask Him when we get to heaven although at that point, I figure we won't care about the answers. Love you Sherry. Keep pressing in - Keep believing and asking Him to help your unbelief. He Knows. Joy Thomas Klassenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18063553632501472958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889033218158877092.post-74672049210167017992014-05-13T11:22:38.209-05:002014-05-13T11:22:38.209-05:00I believe...help my unbelief...this has been my pr...I believe...help my unbelief...this has been my prayer for so long. My faith has been shattered over and over again these past few years as I battle major depressive disorder...and an unknown illness has debilitated my husband...and we've been utterly abandoned by the church we invested 19 years into...and friends have pulled away because they just can't handle our suffering anymore...and our marriage broke and is slowly being repaired again...and my body literally shut down with paralysis for no apparent reason...and I could go on and on. I wish I had a deeper faith...but it's been such a difficult road to walk when our prayers for healing just aren't being answered as we'd like them to be...and I see the immense suffering in our world and wonder...is God REALLY in control? Does He TRULY love people? What about all those girls in Africa who were stolen? What about those whose life is devastated by natural disasters? What about those who have no family, who are homeless right here in Winnipeg? What about my family? Why isn't my husband getting better? Why has no doctor been able to find the root cause? Why will Mayo clinic not even look at him? Why? Why? Why? Lord I WANT to believe...help my unbelief...Sherry Kay Dycknoreply@blogger.com