I struggle with faith

[Nabooru]

I’m always afraid that I’m “wrong”. What makes what I believe and what I go to church for right? This causes me a lot of anxiety because I don’t want to be reincarnated or condemned.

I have an anxiety disorder to begin with and it complicates my ability to be faithful. I need hell putting my mind at ease.

 

[JorduSpeaks]

What do you think faith is?

It’s not just belief. It’s trust. You have to trust that God cares for you, and trust is a decision. Trust is something you can control, and it’s something you have power over. Regardless of what’s right or wrong, your trust in God will demonstrate your love for God, and love of God does not go unrequited.

 

[Matthew_Light]

Good answer Jordu.

Don’t worry about your spiritual station. Let God take care of that. What we must do as human beings is recognize our frailty, weakness, neediness, dependency, sinfulness. And then, turn towards God, trusting in God, realizing that God will do what he promised us.

Then, ignoring ourselves, ignoring our unworthiness, ignoring even knowing whether we will be saved or damned, do what God has asked us to do. The more we work to serve Him, the less we will think about or care about our own selves. And that is the correct place to be, spiritually.

God loves you. God is doing everything for you. Have faith, move forward, one step at a time, to do what God has asked you, and everyone else to do.

God bless!

 

[peace2u2]

I’m always afraid that I’m “wrong”. What makes what I believe and what I go to church for right? This causes me a lot of anxiety because I don’t want to be reincarnated or condemned.

I have an anxiety disorder to begin with and it complicates my ability to be faithful. I need hell putting my mind at ease.

Try to remember that the Catholic Church is not a museum of saints, but rather a hospital for sinners.

We go to Church so that God will heal us of all our afflictions. We need to participate though - Ask God to send His Holy Spirit to you and open your heart and your mind to all that God would like to reveal to you and that He will heal the wounds on your soul so that you may minister to God’s people and be His hands and feet in a world that needs His love so desperately.

God just asks one thing from you - Trust Him. Do you remember the story in the Bible in the Old Testament about Jacob when he had taken matters into his own hands and stole his brother’s blessing and birthright and God calls Jacob to repentance and Jacob wrestles with an angel and finally God blessed Jacob and Jacob was left with a dislocated hip and a limp to go along with it - A reminder to Jacob to always lean on God even though you cannot see Him - He is with you and a limp to always remind Jacob what God had done for him.

 

[tawny]

I’m always afraid that I’m “wrong”. What makes what I believe and what I go to church for right? This causes me a lot of anxiety because I don’t want to be reincarnated or condemned.

I have an anxiety disorder to begin with and it complicates my ability to be faithful. I need hell putting my mind at ease.

Praying for you to get the help you need.

 

[Celtic_Maiden]

Try to remember that the Catholic Church is not a museum of saints, but rather a hospital for sinners.

We go to Church so that God will heal us of all our afflictions. We need to participate though - Ask God to send His Holy Spirit to you and open your heart and your mind to all that God would like to reveal to you and that He will heal the wounds on your soul so that you may minister to God’s people and be His hands and feet in a world that needs His love so desperately.

God just asks one thing from you - Trust Him. Do you remember the story in the Bible in the Old Testament about Jacob when he had taken matters into his own hands and stole his brother’s blessing and birthright and God calls Jacob to repentance and Jacob wrestles with an angel and finally God blessed Jacob and Jacob was left with a dislocated hip and a limp to go along with it - A reminder to Jacob to always lean on God even though you cannot see Him - He is with you and a limp to always remind Jacob what God had done for him.

All the things you say are very good except this person is not Catholic, might be Anglican, might be good idea if they went to see and had a talk with there Pastor…

 

[ichthystim]

I’m always afraid that I’m “wrong”. What makes what I believe and what I go to church for right? This causes me a lot of anxiety because I don’t want to be reincarnated or condemned.

I have an anxiety disorder to begin with and it complicates my ability to be faithful. I need hell putting my mind at ease.

Hey,

I suffer from terrible anxiety, too. And I’m a big “doubter,” and often worry if I’m a fool for believing.

But I think the poet Franz Wright said it best in his book “God’s silence” (I highly recommend his work):

“…You are not
and never were the object
of my thought,
my prayer,
my words
but rather I
was the object of Yours!”

I believe that God, having performed the ultimate act of love by creating us, also calls us to Him. I’m not a Catholic because I tried every other faith and it didn’t work; I am a Catholic because I love Catholicism.

I hope that by God’s grace, you will find peace.

Tim