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Does God disappoint us?

Does God take back things He gave to us?

Does God hold things against us or credit us for things we’ve done?
 
If what God does disappoints us, it’s because of lack of knowledge/understanding or some other defect on our part (preferring our immediate gratification over the truly good or somesuch).

As for God taking and giving stuff to us - see Job. Yes, He does, but not arbitrarily (and we must remember that all things are His anyway, and really only ours for the use of).

I am not sure it is accurate to think of God as holding things against us or crediting us for good deeds in the sense of good things are +1 bad things are -1, and you have to hit a certain score to get into heaven. But bad things do offend God and damage our relationship with Him, and such damage should be repaired. Likewise, good things strengthen our relationship with God and help sculpt us into the type of person that would even want to join Him in heaven once we die and see what that actually means (and, of course, in some cases not doing a good thing is a bad thing and damages the relationship. “For what I have done and what I have failed to do” sort of thing).
 
Does God disappoint us?
Theresaavey:

No. We, by our expectations, disappoint ourselves - then, often blame it on God.
Does God take back things He gave to us?
I think so. It is said, “God giveth and God taketh away.”
Does God hold things against us or credit us for things we’ve done?
Grace is a pure “gift.” It can’t be earned by doing good things. Avoiding doing bad and embracing doing good will earn one less time in Purgatory - simply because one will probably have fewer transgressions, and they will probably be of lesser gravity, than those of others who did not practice the pursuit of Good. (But, of course, this is a simplification.)

God bless,
jd
 
Does God disappoint us?
Disappoint:
  1. to fail to meet the expectations, hopes, desires, or standards of; let down
  2. to prevent the fulfillment of (a plan, intention, etc.); frustrate; thwart
As can be seen by these definitions…it is us (the object of the sentence) who determine the criteria by which to judge disappointment. This places us outside of God…for it places out desires and wills separate from God. If we are truly “Of God”…that is, if we Love God, “with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all our mind”, then we seek to conform to and to please the one we Love.

A better question would be…Do we disappoint God??
Does God take back things He gave to us?
This is possible yes.
Does God hold things against us or credit us for things we’ve done?
No…God does not do this. We do…
How near or far from God we are depends on us and how we respond to the gift of grace.

Consider the parable of the Prodigal son. Did the Father leave? Did the Father hold any thing against the son? When the Son returned, what was the Father’s reaction.

Seek to be near God. To Love him and to please He whom we Love. To conform our wills to His for His will is Love…

Do this and there will be no disappointment, no loss, and no fear.

Peace
James
 
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