Have you ever ask these questions? Take heart - you're not alone. Many people have felt like you do, including me. I grew up in a good, godly, Christian home. I had a pretty "easy" life. Then I entered junior high and started having anxiety attacks. For two years I struggled with this. They got so bad I was having several anxiety attacks a day, and I remember thinking: "If this is what I'm going to have to deal with for the rest of my life, I'd rather die right now!" I felt like God wasn't listening to me, and I couldn't see how any good could possibly come from my problems.
Looking back on it, now three years later, I can see how God used that difficult time in my life to bring Him glory. God showed me that He had not left me; I was the one who had drifted from Him. Once I stopped trying to overcome the anxiety by myself, admitted I couldn't fix it on my own, and turned to God for help, I was able to overcome it.
Is God there? Certainly. Does God hear us? Yes. Will He grant our requests? Not always. He didn't take my life like I thought I wanted Him to, but He did use difficult situation in my life to teach me some things, and He showed me He hadn't left me alone.
The key to overcoming sin and struggles in our lives is to recognize that God is there and He cares about what's happening in our lives. All we have to do is reach for Him; if we ask for His help, He will never leave us to fix the problem on our own. We may not understand at the time why God allows tough situations in our lives, but we can rest in the fact that He knows what He's doing and He's got a plan better than we could ever dream up for ourselves.
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