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reen12
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I address this post to those who may be following this thread, yet not posting to same.
I leave specific replies, to the OP’s questions, to those who are Christians.
I defer to them, in this instance.
In thinking about “Why does God not answer me?” I would comment on the existential questions - that arise from our experience, in traversing human existence.
It is so human, to wonder why no one seems to hears us - often for long periods, in life.
Or why we feel that we, and our need, are not even seen. Not even acknowledged.
Existential pain - the pain that exists, by dint of our mere existence =
-enduring myriad frustrations, that may seem unending
-enduring the hard questions of life
-enduring, when life seems empty, when life seems to have no meaning.
And, from a religious stance:
To be puzzled - when one is, in essence, saying to God - as did the prophet Isaiah:
“Here I am God. Send me.” Followed by a great silence.
*Why? *The great cry of human beings, faced with the losses and the perplexities of human existence.
The existentialist, Albert Camus, stated that life has no intrinsic meaning.
That man creates his/her own meaning, from a stance of revolt againt the absurdity of life.
He called this stance: *L’Homme révolté. *Man, in revolt, against both meaninglessness, and the absurd condition that men and women find themselves in - they having been born into human existence.
From the monotheistic stance, existential pain - the pain inherent in human existence - can only *be *endured, because God hymns an answer. I AM.
[A Christian would state that I AM became incarnate.]
God reaching out to us - in ways that perhaps we will never recognize, here - or at least not recognize until many decades may have passed. Staying by us, all through life. Even when we are in too much pain and frustration to even know this. Maybe particularly, then. For years - for decades, if need be.
To the question ‘Why don’t You answer me?’ - God does not reply, “I do.”
Yet He does reply, eternally - with great mercy: I AM. Which is to say:
“Be still, and know that I am God.” It is in this stillness, that great trust may begin. It’s not so much that the questions fall away, as it is the experience of being held in His heart.
Our own heart quiets, as we rest, like a little bird, in the warmth of His heart.
This requires, of course, that we do not choose to think, with Camus, that life itself is both meaningless and absurd.
reen12
I leave specific replies, to the OP’s questions, to those who are Christians.
I defer to them, in this instance.
In thinking about “Why does God not answer me?” I would comment on the existential questions - that arise from our experience, in traversing human existence.
It is so human, to wonder why no one seems to hears us - often for long periods, in life.
Or why we feel that we, and our need, are not even seen. Not even acknowledged.
Existential pain - the pain that exists, by dint of our mere existence =
-enduring myriad frustrations, that may seem unending
-enduring the hard questions of life
-enduring, when life seems empty, when life seems to have no meaning.
And, from a religious stance:
To be puzzled - when one is, in essence, saying to God - as did the prophet Isaiah:
“Here I am God. Send me.” Followed by a great silence.
*Why? *The great cry of human beings, faced with the losses and the perplexities of human existence.
The existentialist, Albert Camus, stated that life has no intrinsic meaning.
That man creates his/her own meaning, from a stance of revolt againt the absurdity of life.
He called this stance: *L’Homme révolté. *Man, in revolt, against both meaninglessness, and the absurd condition that men and women find themselves in - they having been born into human existence.
From the monotheistic stance, existential pain - the pain inherent in human existence - can only *be *endured, because God hymns an answer. I AM.
[A Christian would state that I AM became incarnate.]
God reaching out to us - in ways that perhaps we will never recognize, here - or at least not recognize until many decades may have passed. Staying by us, all through life. Even when we are in too much pain and frustration to even know this. Maybe particularly, then. For years - for decades, if need be.
To the question ‘Why don’t You answer me?’ - God does not reply, “I do.”
Yet He does reply, eternally - with great mercy: I AM. Which is to say:
“Be still, and know that I am God.” It is in this stillness, that great trust may begin. It’s not so much that the questions fall away, as it is the experience of being held in His heart.
Our own heart quiets, as we rest, like a little bird, in the warmth of His heart.
This requires, of course, that we do not choose to think, with Camus, that life itself is both meaningless and absurd.
reen12
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there seems to be very good advice here and i will need some time to absorb this into my dull, slow brain. thanks again and i will add all of you to my prayers.