something i been wondering about

this is probably a stupid question....and if it sounds like i'm asking it to be mean i'm sorry....cuz i'm not...

it's just that i was always told that God looks out for kids and has a special place in his heart for them.

so why doesn't he look out for kids? or is it just certain kids? my stepdad always said i wasn't good enough for God and would pray that God would make me better. so maybe i'm just too messed up and the question doesn't count anyway.

just somethin i been thinkin about lately

Tough question. I don't agree with the stepfather on this one though.

I think he has a special place in his heart for everyone. But look at Pope John Paul II, you'd think he was on God's fav. list but he still suffered for a long time through illness - someone even shot him a while back. So God doesn't stop people suffering, regardless of if they are in or out of favour.

im not a bible college graduate or nothin, but i hav learnt a lot about his lately. from wat ive read in the bible, i know that God gave us freedom of choice. for what reason, im not sure. it probably says in the Bible, but at the moment, i just trust that God has a bigger plan than i can imagine.

about certain kids being special and others not as much: i know that's not true. God loves all of his children equally, and would never wish anything bad on any of them, no matter what. sometimes it's hard to understand why God doesnt intervene everytime, but that's another thing i cant answer. all i know is that, as Christians, he never promised us an easy ride, but he promised he'd stick by us through everything. you'd hav eto talk to a minister at a local church or a strong christian leader to find out the full truth, so I'd recommend doing that for more info.

so why doesn't he look out for kids? or is it just certain kids? my stepdad always said i wasn't good enough for God and would pray that God would make me better. so maybe i'm just too messed up and the question doesn't count anyway.



So I just read the draft rules for this forum (just joined like 10 minutes ago).. I hope this doesn't breach rules... cuz I'm not trying to say that my faith or view of God is better than your stepdad's...

But, fundamentally, Christianity is about God, not us. So it doesn't matter really if you're good enough or not (if it is possible to be "good enough"). Personally, my heart hurts for you that your stepdad said that because God loves you regardless of your "qualifications". The Gospel is for all people good and bad, good enough or not good enough. I mean, yes, we all can become better... I love God for making me a better person. But I don't believe that takes me any step closer to being good enough. If God is as magnanimous as the definition of God says, we will never EVER near a state of being worthy of Him. It's because of His love for us that we can be with Him and love Him back.

In these years of being a Christian, I've often fallen into the lie of being too messed up for God's salvation. But that's making God into less than what He truly is, isn't it? If God is God, then nothing can overcome Him. Especially not our badness. If you have a heart to repent of the things that have made you messed up and if you have the desire to accept Jesus Christ as Your Saviour, then you can be with God. And if you live to love Him, then you can live with Him (if that makes sense).

*it says banned under your username, Kiddo.. not sure if that means you're actually banned or if you just put that under your username....... ..?

I was recently at a Huuugee church conferece, and they were promoting this campaign 'Compassion'. It's one of those sponsor a child thing. We watched heart wrenching videos of kids dying of hunger and illness and poverty, and there was this screen with the numbers increasing every 5 seconds.
It represented a child dying.

I asked a friend, if God truly loved us all, why could He not do something for them?
The pastor preached that night,
that God has done His part, and now He is sending us to complete it for Him.
If everyone reached out their hands to help someone in poverty,
then it would cease to exist.

We're so quick to blame God on everything, when really,
the problem Alwyas lies in ourselves.

I don't know that it's so much that someone is to blame or not, but that we have the opportunity to involve ourselves as agents of change.

Hmm that's interesting. I think I agree with faith more, but not entirely. My greatest commandment is to love. And God already loves us all. So, it's kinda like my turn to love as much as I can. Yet, I can't say bad things and a lack of love would cease to exist just because I tried to love. My love is imperfect. And there is still the devil on earth to work against those who love. Though it might sound depressing, I don't think we can expect to find perfection here on earth... and so people will continue to go unloved by other people. But people and God is a different story. He loves His children-- young and old.

gday kiddo, when people, speak negative stuff in our face , to us, about us, they are actually giving you a biography of them sevles. so just remember this, you are a decent person you are loved by god, and you deserve to be on this planet.
the phrase i used to hear in the schoolyard in the 60s, was takes one to know one, a verse i discovered years later,in ROMANS CHAPT 2, VERSE 2 goes like this,judgemental criticism of others is a well known way of escaping detection in your own crimes and misdemeanors.
but god is not so easily diverted. he sees right through such smoke screens and holds you to what you have done. taken from the message bible. so the next time kiddo some one saddens you in a verbal fashion, dont even bother taking revenge if say you thought that way, and dont believe a word the person said about you, as they were talking about them selves. all you experienced that day was a passing on of what your stepfather had reicieved from some one in his own up bringing that he couldnt erase from his mind. in other words verbally abused people abuse others the same way, when they get older as they were abused, there is a way out of this mess and all the answers are in the new testament. cheers peter.

Kiddo mate it really is up to you to develop your beliefs on God, spirituality and religion. Your stepfather nor anyone else can tell you what to believe.

In my religion we believe in two equal powers the God and the Devil. God only does good things and the devil only does bad things. Never the less lets not mistaken human evil deeds as that of the devil or god (depending on your belief system), if you can differenciate the two you will begin to have more faith in God, ie - God/Devil is not the being who is causing your issues. What do you need/want? What are the barricades to what you need/want? What are the steps YOU can take to overcome these issues?

Dont you dare listen to your stepfather. Not one word. You are good enough, dont worry.
- Tyler Bernini