We Are More Than Conquerors

I believe in love, even when I’m alone.

And yet belive that god loves everyone.

If god even exist, he only loves the rich and wealthy and not all the people dying of drought in africa, the people living on literal dumps in bangladesh, the people killed because they’re gay or because they look “dangerous” in a good, white, christian’s eyes.

The church is called to help those who are poor and starving throughout the Bible; natural disasters increasing in number and severity is a sign of the times and of Jesus’ return getting closer; when God takes babies so young, yes, it hurts, but they get to go to heaven without knowing the sins and pain of this world! How horrible for their parents, but if their parents have faith they know they get to see them again and that their babies aren’t suffering! Hate is not what God does; he is against it. Read the book of Habakkuk in the Bible; he was livid with his people, yet he still offered them a way out because He loved and always loves his children and doesn’t want to punish them. God’s punishment always ultimately brings peace and redemption for those who choose to see Him in it.

Sexism is wrong; men and women are meant to be different but equal and that is extremely biblical, no question. The way the world views this is so screwed up, and it’s led to a lot of problems in today’s world. Rape is wrong; there are actually a couple instances of it in the Bible and God disapproving of it (I can’t remember references, if someone could point those out that would be amazing). I was sexually abused multiple times as a child, and although I’m still a long shot from fully healing emotionally and forgiving my abuser, I can say that that horrible circumstance has brought me closer to God and taught me more about His precious and unending love than most other things I have experienced.

And it’s true, being gay is sinful; however, you are right that some people in the church say horrible and threatening things that only increase the tension between the lgbt+ and church communities. That is wrong; we are called to gently but truthfully point out sin while letting love intertwine in that. @john15-10 does a good job of this a lot of the time, especially recently. And people who are wealthy? They actually have a harder time serving and relying entirely on God because they have more worldly things to rely on. Look up some of the interviews from the book/bible study “I am n”; those people are some of the most joy filled people I’ve ever seen even though theyre in some of the worst circumstances on earth. Happiness/wealth/lack of earthly illness/etc =/= joy in God.

However, just because we are Christians doesn’t mean we’re perfect. We’ve all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. No matter our race, gender, wealth, country of origin, ethnicity, or history, no one is perfect and we all deserve hell but we have a God who is willing to give us so much more than that. God tells us in the Bible that because of sin, there will be suffering until the end of the times. However, He will never bring anything upon anyone that He cannot ultimately use to bring them joy.

Even when you can’t see it. Even when you can’t believe it. 

What’s hard is learning to trust God when the answer is no, when we are deep in the valley, and when we have absolutely no idea what we are going to do next.

Wherever you stand right now, trust Him.