Do we HATE God?

With people, we can often like different things and still be friends, of at least not be enemies.  You know the saying, "agree to disagree."  Even when we have conflicting views on HOT BUTTON subjects.  We ought not hate those who don't feel as we should.  Especially if they believe contrary to the bible.

Too often people want to throw verbal lacerations, or even come to blows.  Many times, those who claim to love God act unbecoming of a follower of Christ.  However we Christians are to be CHRIST-LIKE...

I Thessalonians 4:7 For God has not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.  4:8 He therefore that despises, despises not man, but God, who has also given unto us his Holy Spirit.  

Our relationship with God is different; we are to LOVE WHAT GOD LOVES, AND HATE WHAT GOD HATES.

If we do this properly, we will act like God would want us to act the majority of our lives.

Sometimes we forget that we are SAVED BY GRACE not saved by our good graces.

ANTI-DEPRESSANT

I am one who has been in depression, so don't take my words without considering that.

I am not sure how deep my depression was, but much of my memories of my 7th grade year are darkness.  I mean that literally.  I don't remember much but the sadness I felt.  Not all of my memories are bad; it was during that year I 1st found my fondness for writing, though I never channeled much effort to it outside of class.

From 6th grade on to high school I dealt with this inner sadness and sorrow.  I loathe what my life was, but I hid it from everyone.  

I remember one afternoon just crying because I hated so much of my existence, I couldn't see anything to be thankful for, I had analyzed my many faults and came to the conclusion that I was worthless.  I had many word spoken to me, even from my parents that made me believe that I was a loser.  The only thing left for me was to kill myself.

That thought startled me.  It almost came out of nowhere. Kill myself I thought.  Almost immediately I threw that idea out of my head.  There was just no way I could do that, and it was not the idea of how I would ever get up the nerve to off myself, but this one thought brought me out.  

I HAVE HOPE.

Somehow, despite all my deceitfulness, and lack of paying attention to God, I realized that I had a hope IN GOD, and there was no way I was going to kill myself when things would eventually get better.

Psalms 42:11 

Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disturbed within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.  

Years later I came across this verse and it all made more sense to me, God had truly been my hope.  It was around that time that I also found out the nature of my hope IN CHRIST JESUS. 


 Who through His death on the cross and triumph over death, has given full access to life and HOPE.