I do agree with you about the whole people blaming God thing. Most people do blame God when something goes wrong. But some people dont even think about God until something is wrong. As far as the whole people trying to find God being a seach for instant happiness, I'm not so sure about that. I grew up in a STRICT EXTREME Baptist church and I still dont know what I believe, because I dont know what is true and what was just told to me to control me. I think that God uses different ways to draw us closer to Him......hope that makes sense.

The best trick the devil ever played was making people think he didn't exist!

While many of us may not go so far as to think he doesn't exist (since the bible clearly tells us otherwise), I agree with you, that we find it very easy to put all of the responsibility on God, and we are still so often living under the veil of the enemy. This is exactly what satan wants, and when this happens, he rejoices. He can't get directly at God, so his prime directive is to keep Gods children feeling separated from the Father. When we are separated from God, or think we are, we lose power to fight against the wiles of the devil, and the veil thickens.

God is, by His very nature, perfect and absolute love. So anything in our lives which is not the result of absolute love, cannot be from Him. Now, don't get me wrong... sometimes when I am disciplining my child, she will make claims that I don't love her... but the truth is that if I didn't love her, I wouldn't bother disciplining her. Not everything that comes from God is guaranteed to "feel" good, like my daughters discipline, but it is guaranteed to be FOR our good, ultimately.

I understand your frustration all too well. I would just encourage you to pray about it, and to pray for the people who are afflicted by this veil... and ask God to show you how to do your part in helping to lift it. Remember, its not all about these individuals. While, yes, they may have made poor choices which led to the situation they then question... the point is not how they got there, its why they are stuck there... and its the sole ambition of the father of lies to keep them there. satan wants for us to let our (understandable) frustration work on his behalf too, separating us who know about his foolishness from those who are still so affected by it... so give that frustration up to the Father, and pray. God will use you.

Your so right!! Satan will use what you see and what you hear against you. If GOD is for us..then who can be against us. God allows things to happen, but it's for a good purpose. The bible says that He will not allow us to suffer above that which we are able, but will make away of escape that we may be able to bear it. 1 Cor 10:13.God does not always deliver us before trouble begins. At times, he delivers us in the midst of the fire (Daniel 3:13-26) The devil often has more beliefs than some Christians do. Satan believes there is a God (James 2:19), that Jesus is the Son of God (Mark5:7), that hell exists (Luke 8:31), that his time is short (Revelation 12:12), and that Jesus will one day return (Revelation 12:12) In reality, Satan believes, but HE IS LOST! Some Christians deny the existence of demons, the existence of hell, and the return of Christ. It is sad when satan and his minions have more belief in SCRIPTURE than some Christians! Never let the enemy out believe you. He believes ou will not make it. He believes you will fall and not get up. He believes he can make you sick and not recover. DON"T believe it! YOUR faith in God MUST be stronger than your faith in the attacks of the enemy!! God is for us, HE"S NOT AGAINST US. Don't blame God, HE is our HELP, our savior. He never promised there would be no pain, sorrows, trials in our lives. HE is our refuge and our strength. HE SEES THE WHOLE PICTURE..WE ONLY SEE PART OF IT. Alot of times we've caused our own problems and God allowed us to go through it and learn from it.

Through every trial there's a reason behind it. He's teaching us, he's getting us out of our comfort zone, teaching us to rely more on him. After all if we don't have him..what do we have? NOTHING!

GOD IS FOR US!! SATAN COMES TO STEAL, KILL AND DESTROY US! NOT GOD, If that was the case.. we wouldn't be here. We are all here for a purpose..a GOD given purpose!

Anything that goes bad in my life I blame on satan. He is the only reason that we have bad in the world.

All of my God times I praise God for.

But I undestand what you mean. Some people think they need balck and white proof of Him and otherwise will not believe.

I just get so frustrated when some people do make clear decisions for themselves...but it's not their fault when their decision goes wrong. I know that not everyone "asks" for the things or situations they go through...I know that perfectly well. I'm not coming down on them. I'm just trying to figure out why people think they have to blame him when man has such free will.

I know it shouldn't bother me this much...but it does. I think it's annoying to say that someone's "finding" God...he's not black and white. Now, I'm wondering why this bothers me so much.....*sighs*