trials

My friend is going through a really hard time he really REALLY! likes this girl I mean she was the air he breathed, she was his night and day, his only joy apparently. But today he told me she doesn't care for him anymore, which is like getting stabbed in the heart a million different times each time more painful then the last, for him. And he has decided that apparently God has over stepped his boundaries, that God is intentionally torturing him. And that he has very little faith left to rely upon. But he is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Lucky he has a bed to sleep in, food to eat, a roof over his head, a family who loves him, and friends who would take a bullet for him. He has all the material things he could ever need, he has an ipod touch, a cell phone, a computer, sunglasses. He is better off then half the world, and is thinking that God is punishing him?!?! No he is being tested and yes he has been tested his intire life, idk all the things he has been through. But I know it has NEVER been an easy ride for him. But does he think he is the only one who has suffered? The only one who feels that God no longer cares for them, and does he think he is the only one to feel that God has finally gone to far? Well if he believes that then he is terribly mistaken. He is sooooooooooooo well off, he is healthy and handsome. He could have any girl he wanted, and I understand the feeling that only that person could ever fulfil what you want. And that you just simply don't want anyone else. And he thinks because he suffered in the past that, that makes it ok for him to judge God. That because he suffered that means it's ok to blame God for all the things wrong in his life. Well he needs to rethink his attitude. I went to a homeless shelter once a while back in the middle of LA at night, it was cold outside and only a couple days till Thanksgiving. And the food didn't look very good, but then those people were starving, and needed food. And when the people would get their tray of food and go sit down they openly praised God for the food. Even though they were only getting a few minuets of comfort, and some not so tasty food, and after they were done eating they would be forced back onto the streets to spend the night out in the cold. But they praised God for providing the food, and the temporary shelter. But my friend thinks that because he suffered in the past and because he lost the girl of his dreams, that God must not really love him anymore. I think that is completely terrible and I just want to slap him for it, he needs to be grateful for what he has, and try to think of the good things in life not the crap.
During the Guy thing I remember questioning my faith, wondering why God was punishing me, and feeling so completely alone. But I soon realized that God never gives us more then we can handle, even if it seems like that statement isn't true. It is no matter what happens in our lives, no matter how tragic, or cruel, or messed up thing. God NEVER!! gives us more then we can handle. The thing with the guy I liked was terrible, and something I would NEVER want to do over but now I see that I came out of it okay, yeah I was hurting but I am still alive, I still have everything I need. The guy I liked was a good part of my life for a while, but I realized I could live without him. My life would not crumble before me if he didn't care for me anymore. Yes I would miss him terribly, without question I would. But he was not the center of my world, and when taken out of it I still had air to breath, food to eat, a roof over my head, and good family and friends to help me through it. So by my friend making this girl the air that he breathed, the only thing that kept him alive, then that's where he went wrong. I think God may be going "You need to wake up and see that you should never put a human relationship above your relationship with me" My friend did that. He made the girl who he likes his one and only way of happiness and that's when he made things difficult. I love my friend I really honestly do, he was such great support during my hard times with the guy I liked, but I think he needs to wake up and see that his main focus should be upon God. Not a girl.
~Sarah