rejected God

[Godisjesusflesh]

I feel as though i have rejected God and he hardened my heart what should i do? I just want to believe in him again and be at peace with Christ

 

[Amandil]

I feel as though i have rejected God and hardened my heart what should i do? I just want to believe in him again and be at peace with Christ

Hardness of heart towards God is usually the result of sin, mainly mortal sin.

We often deceive ourselves into thinking that something that is in fact a mortal sin is “not that bad” when it is in fact spiritual death.

Whatever that is, that is perhaps where you should begin.

 

[Godisjesusflesh]

so if i have fallen into sin it is probably because of that?

 

[InternetWoman]

I feel as though i have rejected God and he hardened my heart what should i do? I just want to believe in him again and be at peace with Christ

The very fact that you can say you want to believe in Him is proof you have not hardened your heart. What should you do? Repent!! Say you are sorry! Try saying Psalm 51 slowly and prayerfully. This is the Psalm that King David wrote after he arranged to have Uriah the Hittite murdered and Samuel called him on it.

Then keep praying. Use other Psalms, use your own words, pour out your heart to God, let him know how sorry you are, how you want to love Him. Scripture says (Luke 15:10) that there is rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents. So go make the angels happy! :angel1:

 

[Frankenfurter]

Consider doing the Ignatius spiritual exercises.

Learn abut examination of conscious.

 

[jaimeleglise]

God is calling you back into His loving arms. Make a good confession a
and ask Jesus to come into your heart. He loves you and He will help you believe.

 

[jochoa]

I feel as though i have rejected God and he hardened my heart what should i do? I just want to believe in him again and be at peace with Christ

I encourage you listen to the stories of former agnostic and atheist converts to Catholicism. I especially like presentations by the Journey Home. Here is a link → youtube.com/results?search_query=agnostic+converts+to+catholicism

As for my journey from agnosticism to Catholicism:
I discovered that patience maintains peace, and kindness gets joy. Since my passion in life is for my family, friends, enemies, and myself to experience the greatest amount of peace and joy, I am on a journey to perfect the practice of patience and kindness. In doing so, I have discovered Jesus, the Holy Trinity, is the pinnacle of patience and kindness, and His Church shares the complete story of Love.

May as much peace as possible be with you on your journey!

 

[josh987654321]

I feel as though i have rejected God and he hardened my heart

He cannot harden your heart, only you can.

what should i do? I just want to believe in him again and be at peace with Christ

Turn to Him with trust in His love and mercy. And if you do not believe His words, believe His wounds. His crucifixion. He loves you very much.

Jesus to Blessed Maria Pierina De Micheli
**“If you knew how I love you, you would die from joy.” **

Psalm 95
If today you hear his voice, Harden not your hearts.

Jesus to St Margaret-Mary Alacoque -
**“Behold this Heart which has loved men so much that it has spared nothing, even to exhausting and consuming itself in order to testify to them it’s love.” **

Sacred Heart Image (St Margaret-Mary Alacoque)

http://s7.postimg.org/4jx43bm1n/Christ_7.jpg
Jesus to Catalina:

I Have Given My Life for You - loveandmercy.org/Eng-IHG-Reg.pdf

**4) I wish to speak to you again about My Passion because when I do so, I want to spread in your hearts feelings of union with Me, of compassion… to show you My Love…
…

1. My Passion is a compendium of Holy Love and supernatural Wisdom itself. Everything can be found during My hours of the Passion: every evil in the world transformed into good for eternity, and all the supernatural goodness of present mankind, united to the promise of the good that they may attain if they die protected by My Passion.
   …
2. My sufferings will always be the Glory of My Father and My Glory, as well as the greatest demonstration of the Spirit of Love for you on earth.
   …
3. If you keep Me company while meditating on My Passion, I will make smooth your hardships, because as I have said, I always repay love with Love.**

Jesus to Catalina:

The Passion - loveandmercy.org/Eng-TP-Reg.pdf

**"Contemplate My wounds and see if there is anyone who has suffered as much as I, to show their love…

"Contemplate for a moment these bloodstained hands and feet… This naked body, covered with wounds, with urine, and blood. Dirty… This head punctured by sharp thorns, soaked in sweat, full of dust, and covered in Blood…

"Contemplate your Jesus, hanging on the Cross, without being able to make the slightest movement… naked, without fame, without honor, without liberty…

"Contemplate Me in the image of the Christ that weeps and bleeds. There and in this way the world has Me**

http://s15.postimg.org/s9fu5lkbv/Crucifixion.jpg
Jesus to Catalina:

The Passion - loveandmercy.org/Eng-TP-Reg.pdf

**1) …Look at Me, My beloved ones. Letting Myself be led with the meekness of a lamb to the terrible torture of the scourging. On My Body, already covered with blows and overwhelmed with fatigue, the executioners cruelly discharge terrible lashes with braided rope, with rods. They punish Me so violently that there was no part of Me which was not prey to the most terrible pain… The blows and the kicks caused Me countless wounds… The rods tore away pieces of My skin and flesh. Blood flowed from all My limbs. Time after time I fell because of the pain caused by the blows to My manliness. My Body was in such a state that I resembled a monster more than a man. The features of My face had lost their shape; it was all swollen.

1. The thought of so many souls, who would later be inspired to follow My footsteps, consumed Me with Love.
   …
2. The fatigue that I feel is so great and the Cross so heavy that halfway along the path, I fall from weakness. See how those inhuman men lift Me up in the most brutal manner. One grabs My arm, another pulls My clothes that are stuck to My wounds, tearing them open again… This one grabs Me by the neck, another by the hair; others discharge dreadful blows to My whole Body, with their fists, and even with their feet. The Cross falls upon Me and with its weight causes new wounds. My face is scraped by the stones in the road and the blood which runs down My face sticks to My eyes that are almost closed because of the blows they have received. The dust and the mud mingle with the blood and I am turned into the most repugnant of objects.
3. My Father sends Angels to help support Me so that My Body does not lose consciousness when it falls, so that the battle may not be won before its time and all My souls are lost.
4. I walk over the stones that destroy My feet. I stumble and fall time and time again. I look at both sides of the road, searching for the slightest look of love, of surrender, of union with My pain, but… I do not see anyone.
5. My children, you who follow in My footsteps, do not let go of your cross no matter how heavy it seems to you. Do it for Me because by carrying your cross, you will help Me carry Mine, and on the difficult path, you will find My Mother and the holy souls who will give you encouragement and comfort.**

Jesus to Catalina:

I Have Given My Life for You - loveandmercy.org/Eng-IHG-Reg.pdf

**To redeem all of mankind, a child’s cry, a moan, a single tear of Mine would have been enough… Would you have understood My Love in the same way? If with so many great proofs you still take so long to accept it, what would have caused you to believe in My Love, if I had limited Myself to what seemed paltry? …

It is because of all this that you must believe in Love, principally, in My Love …

Only by going beyond the limit of “what is necessary” would many eyes be opened to My Love.**

Please continue to next post -

 

[josh987654321]

Continued from above post -
Jesus to Catalina:

The Passion - loveandmercy.org/Eng-TP-Reg.pdf

**11) For love of souls, I remain a prisoner in the Holy Eucharist, so that in their sorrow and grief they are being consoled by the most tender of Hearts, by the best of Fathers, by the most loyal friend. But that Love, which is consumed for the good of mankind, is not going to be returned.

1. I live amongst sinners to be their salvation and their life, their doctor and medicine; yet they, in return, in spite of their sick nature, distance themselves from Me. They offend Me and scorn Me.
2. My children, poor sinners! Do not distance yourselves from Me. I wait for you night and day at the Tabernacle. I will not reproach you for your crimes; I will not throw your sins in your face. What I will do is to wash you with the Blood of My wounds. Do not be afraid; come to Me. You do not know how much I love you.
3. And you, dear souls, why are you cold and indifferent to My love? I know you have to attend to the needs of your family, your home, and of the world that constantly demands of you. But, can it be that you do not have a moment to come and give Me proof of your love and gratitude? Do not allow yourselves to be carried away by so many useless worries; reserve a moment of your time to visit the Prisoner of Love. If your body is sick, can you not find a few minutes to seek the Doctor who must cure you? Come to He who can restore strength and health of the soul. Give alms of love to this Divine Beggar, who calls you, wants you, and waits for you.**

The Divine Mercy Image (St. Faustina)

http://s8.postimg.org/422f1cyxh/Christ_9.jpg

How to Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy

Jesus to St. Faustina -

"My Heart overflows with great mercy for souls, and especially for poor sinners. If only they could understand that I am the best of Fathers to them and that it is for them that the Blood and Water flowed from My Heart as from a fount overflowing with mercy. For them I dwell in the tabernacle as King of Mercy. I desire to bestow My graces upon souls, but they do not want to accept them. You, at least, come to Me as often as possible and take these graces they do not want to accept. In this way you will console My Heart. Oh, how indifferent are souls to so much goodness, to so many proofs of love! My heart drinks only of the ingratitude and forgetfulness of souls living in the world. They have time for everything, but they have no time to come to Me for graces." (Diary, 367).

"My mercy is greater than your sins and those of the entire world. Who can measure the extent of my goodness? For you I descended from heaven to earth; for you I allowed myself to be nailed to the cross; for you I let my Sacred Heart be pierced with a lance, thus opening wide the source of mercy for you. Come, then, with trust to draw graces from this fountain. I never reject a contrite heart. Your misery has disappeared in the depths of My mercy" (Diary, 1485).

"Oh, if sinners knew My mercy, they would not perish in such great numbers. Tell sinful souls not to be afraid to approach Me; speak to them of My great mercy" (Diary, 1396).

http://s28.postimg.org/6bvy5pai5/Prodigal_Son.jpg
Jesus to Catalina:

The Great Crusade of Love - loveandmercy.org/Eng-CL-Reg.pdf

**I would like to be presented like the prodigal son’s father who, aged by the pain of his son’s absence, keeps watch from a window with a small light of hope for the return of his beloved son. I live among all of you in the air you breathe, the water you drink, and the bread you eat, with all the grandiose work of creation that never ceases. In this manner I am among you all, alive, real, with the perpetual sacrifice of the Cross and the glory of the resurrection in each Eucharist.

I want the world to know that God is unchanging, that He never lessens His love for men; I need for man to know that I never set limits to my forgiveness and that I do not ask the prodigal son how he has squandered my estate, nor do I ask for an account of his wickedness.**

Jesus to Catalina:

The Passion - loveandmercy.org/Eng-TP-Reg.pdf

I want to teach sinners that because they have sinned, they should not distance themselves from Me thinking that they no longer have recourse and that they will never be loved as before they sinned. Poor souls! These are not the feelings of a God who has shed all His Blood for you. Come to Me all of you and fear not, because I love you. I will cleanse you with My Blood and you will be as white as snow. I will drown your sins in the water of My Mercy and nothing will be able to snatch from My Heart the Love that I have for you.

Godisjesusflesh -

John 15:12
12 Now I tell you to love each other, as I have loved you.
Jesus to Catalina:

The Great Crusade of Mercy - loveandmercy.org/Eng-CM-Reg.pdf

11) Mercy is love, My child. It is union with God and union with God is the certitude of victory and an everlasting abundance of virtues. Mercy is the unquestionable proof of love for Me.

Catalina’s writings - loveandmercy.org/english-books/ For more information on them, please read the following - youshallbelieve.com/A-plea-to-humanity.pdf

Diary of St. Faustina - thedivinemercy.org/message/

God Bless

Thank you for reading
Josh

 

[HillsongUnited]

All of the suggestions are really good. Turn to prayer and adoration to help your faith. Sitting in front of the blessed sacrament and saying the Divine Mercy helped me immensely during my moments of doubt. Also, what helps my belief in God is turning to Jesus. As it is said, no one can get to the father except through the son. When temptation tries to pull me into disbelief in the Father, I look to the Son. I have read so much about Jesus, and have no doubt he is the Son of God. When I get scared, I turn to him and know that he can’t lie to me. If you can believe in Jesus, you can believe in God, for they are one in the same .

It helps to say “Jesus, I trust in you,” often, especially when you’re beginning to experience doubts.

I’ll be praying for you!

 

[zz912]

It might help to pray this Bible verse a few times:

“Lord I believe, help my unbelief!”

 

[fred_conty]

I feel as though i have rejected God and he hardened my heart what should i do? I just want to believe in him again and be at peace with Christ

If I was only allowed one suggestion…wear a blessed miraculous medal of Our Lady.

Then trust in her words that she would grant you great graces. She loves all her children especially those who have strayed. But be sure and pray to her each day and ask her for GREAT graces. She won’t let you down because she always keeps her word.

May God bless and keep you. May God’s face shine on you. May God be kind to you and give you peace.

 

[jameswalter]

I like psalm 22 when I feel distant from God. His own son JESUS felt forsaken.
Please read it.