Posted by Farmer on January 25, 2012 at 17:45:46
In Reply to: Re: God is cruel, God hates me...could you pls do me a favour??? posted by I feel terrible on January 25, 2012 at 08:59:48:
Nice of you...I also have other Psalms which are much closer to me
...since I needed a whole rewiring after TFI...learning anew what real good conduct (Christianity) is all about...I realized...I was really not better than king David e.g., assessing myself...so Psalm 51 was ringing very true to me
...The most comfort I always felt when broken, crying and in despair on my knees...like a schoolboy coming home with the worst grades...that's when I felt the "motherly" spiritual comfort the most...and that is just what I wanted to get across...comfort is there...whether we have failed or just feel mistreated in this world.
I just wanted to get across with Psalm 73 that the whole subject of suffering is really not so clear cut...I also would advise against the attempt to see some kind of proportion between "sin"...failure and the degree of suffering...the beginning of Luke 13 is along that line (people being killed in calamities)
Also it seems to me, that you are a bit "nervous" about the word sin???!...it pays to look up the wordings in the NT from the Greek meaning as much as possible...to deepen our understanding...among other things it means to err ,to be mistaken...to miss the mark...in the military sense.
I don't know of any "normal" child...who doesn't make any mistakes...who is perfect right from birth.Do you?
...Isn't it then necessary, conclusive to be learning for all of us by mistakes?...by contrasts....Right now I feel healthwise being put through the wringer by God...but I know I only deserve some renewed humbling...and in the longrun all that will help me...to be a better person...ultimately that's what I want...but I keep erring....though compared to TFI...I really learned to change some really bad attitudes...that is also called repentance=metanoia...means reflecting...thinking anew, ...turning around......is that a bad "Christian"/Biblical concept to you?????
I like to learn things...thinking and acting today better than in the past and having big hopes for the future.
We're just in a big school...I am excited about that.