I’m unemployed too. I hate it. And I must agree with your assertion. I feel abandoned as well.
Yes! And I believe there’s another similar version from another date, that states that mankind was created “To show forth the goodness of God.”
Evidently I do know something you don’t. I know that what is written in Scripture is the Truth from God, and that when we do not live in accordance with it, we are miserable. If and when God is ready for you to have a job, one will be provided. In the meantime, it is your duty to give thanks in what circumstances your have now.
And neither will He force you to do what you do not want. If you wish to believe lies, instead of what He has revealed as Truth, you have that perogative.
Of course not. I am only responding to what you have written here.
You are definitely between a rock and a hard place. Getting angry and blaming God is not the answer, though.
Mark 10:27
No, He did not. You are just not taking the “out”. He has given you grace, which you have refused. He has a plan for your welfare and benefit, but you deny it.
You are right, given your present attitude, you are not very useful to Him. He operates on faith, and when a person has none, there is not much that can be done in their lives. You have corrupted reasoning. Your ability to produce is not a relevant factor in your value to God. You have drawn a false conclusion because it is based upon a false premise.
As are we all. And when you are willing to accept the mercy that has already been given, you twill get more.
Here is some more of that false conclusions based upon false premises. God allows us to choose evil. He allows us to choose to believe lies.
No, you are not. You are the righteousness of God in Christ, and you have HIs mighty power at work within you to will and to do His good pleasure. Denying the power of the HS that was sealed in you in baptism is blasphemy against the HS.
You must first accept the help he has already given before you will get more. It is a basic principle of kingdom living.
Being angry and blaming God for being God is not helping you at all.
You know, they may well get worse if you continue to refuse to yield. He is a very jealous God.
He doesnt. That is why He has made suffering redemptive for us . It is His love that enables us to have joy in our suffering.
From God’s point of view, you died in baptism, and now your life is no longer your own. You are hidden with Christ in God. It is essential that you die to your ambitions and desires, so that you can find peace. When Christ brought the Kingdom, the spiritual entered into the temporal and we who are in the temporal stepped into eternity. It is in giving up your clinging to “survival” and “figuring out” everything that you will find freedom at last.
If you believe that God is calling you to do that, then you should, but it is more likely He is calling you to die right where you are. Die to your ambition, desire, arrogance and everything else that separates you from him. Especially the fear of not being able to support yourself.
Both things are true. We are adopted and redeemed now, and we have yet to experience the full completion of our adoption. Refusing the fact that you have already been adopted and that your body, and everything you are and will be in this life belongs aleady to God is spurning the Truth.
We begin to learn about our gifts when we accept our identity in Him. The first Gift is that you are adopted as a son, that you are of much more value than many sparrows, and that He has a plan for your welfare. If you don’t accept these gifts, how can you find out more?
Yes. You are approaching Him with anger, blame, and demands. That does not make for a healthy relationship. When your relationship with Him finally becomes more important that a job, and anything else in this life, then you will be grow.
Apparently you don’t like what He has provided. It is your place to give thanks in all things.
This kind of warped thinking is only holding you back. Have you considered forgiving God?
Then you need to accept the things He has already told you in Scripture and through the Church.
Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.
Jesus is our employer. We are constantly in a state of service to Him, whether we hold secular employment, or not. If there is a day that we are not in a productive job, then it is incumbent upon us to use that day to His service as fully as possible.
Employer: “A legal entity that controls and directs a servant or worker under an express or implied contract of employment and pays (or is obligated to pay) him or her salary or wages in compensation.”
Perhaps it would be more appropriate to say He is our Master, or Boss. We are HIs servants. If you think you have anything that did not come from God, you are mistaken. He is the Source of all that we have, and all that we are. He paid for us by giving His body and blood on the cross, and we are in his service.
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erhaps it is best to speak of Jesus as Lord, rather than employer, because we are not so much in an employee/employer relationship as we are in a Lord/liege relationship. :bowdown::bowdown2:We are in a state of service because of our spiritual fidelity: “We love Him because He first loved us.”You are right, of course. I am only trying to make the point that, as adopted sons and daughters of the Most High, we are obligated always to be about the Father’s business. This state of constant service and readiness is relevant whether we are secularly employed, or not. God still has work for us to do, whether we are being paid a wage, or not.:angel1
I’m also recalling how the Prodigal Son literally offered himself to his Father as a mere employee, since he felt completely unworthy :imsorry:to be called his Son. The Father would not hear of it, and welcomed his son to join him, (and the other brother) into the celebration feast with full sonship and inheritance of that particular, familial joy. :heaven:
Employers pay us for service and there the relationship ends. God the Father, His Son and the Holy Spirit* inspire* us to give ourselves to them in a higher calling; sons and daughters who show forth His goodness in the world, and after this, join the family of Heaven for eternity!:grouphug::harp:
May your day be blessed
Kathryn Ann:heaven:
My soul is wounded, my heart broken, and I’m in the fetal position screaming “Mommy!”
Thanks! I appreciate that.
May our Blessed Mother put her arms around your weary soul and embrace you with all of her warmth!
Unfortunately, our duty to pray is not absolved because we are in a dry period, or have not heard the voice of God in our hearts. We still must fill our minds and hearts with His eternal word. Pray and recite the Scriptures, instead of meditating on the falsehoods of the Evil One. It will help you to hear more if you will accept what you have already been told. Right now, it seems that the Word of God is falling on your stopped up ears.
Yes, I did see your meaning, and enjoy what you said above: One must always be in readiness to be about our Father’s business.:angel1: You are so good to remind us!:curtsey:
Amen.
I know, I haven’t stopped praying.
I have not learned to pray the liturgy of the hours (mainly because I’m afraid it takes a long long time) but I’ll look into that.
It can be, but one can start even without a breviary by listening on iTunes, or by getting them online. They are free.
Did you even read the article you posted? its conclusion was that the miller-urey experiment was inconclusive. Besides the fact that its highly questionable that the experiment really simulated the situation on earth, its also a huge step from creating amino acids to creating life. Is this what convinced you that God does not exist. You might try something a little more intellectual. Have you read Aquinas? Try this simple summary: saintaquinas.com/philosophy.html