Rock Bottom

[Regulus]

Some of what I am going to write may not sit well with some of you, but please understand that I'm not here to cause offense.

I’m going through the roughest time of my life. My wife and I are divorcing. I’m planning on moving out of my state when the whole legal process is over, and I’m basically going to be starting over.

I had been absent from my local church for a while because I couldn’t mentally or emotionally commit to attending on a regular basis while everything was going on. This Sunday, I decided to go alone without her, and it was an emotionally draining experience. The only thing I felt during the service was a sense of judgement because I failed to hold my marriage together and the vow I made before God is now broken. I felt devastated looking at the empty seat next to me. Unfortunately, I don't plan on going back. On top of that, I don't pray much anymore, and I am unable to focus when I try to read the Bible.

Recently, I started giving serious thought to whether or not I wanted to continue being a believer. The answer I came to is yes—I will continue to believe; however, it will most likely be what James calls a “dead faith" since I no longer have the strength to serve or have fellowship with others.

I don't know what all of this means for my eternal destiny, but I guess I'll find out one day.

 

[Tambora]

Some of what I am going to write may not sit well with some of you, but please understand that I'm not here to cause offense.

I’m going through the roughest time of my life. My wife and I are divorcing. I’m planning on moving out of my state when the whole legal process is over, and I’m basically going to be starting over.

I had been absent from my local church for a while because I couldn’t mentally or emotionally commit to attending on a regular basis while everything was going on. This Sunday, I decided to go alone without her, and it was an emotionally draining experience. The only thing I felt during the service was a sense of judgement because I failed to hold my marriage together and the vow I made before God is now broken. I felt devastated looking at the empty seat next to me. Unfortunately, I don't plan on going back. On top of that, I don't pray much anymore, and I am unable to focus when I try to read the Bible.

Recently, I started giving serious thought to whether or not I wanted to continue being a believer. The answer I came to is yes—I will continue to believe; however, it will most likely be what James calls a “dead faith" since I no longer have the strength to serve or have fellowship with others.

I don't know what all of this means for my eternal destiny, but I guess I'll find out one day.

Hi Regulus,

I won't burden you by asking details of your marriage.
I will simply tell you that even some great faithful men of scripture sometimes had doubts as to whether God was guiding their life or not.
King David is a great example who had thought at times that God had abandoned him when a situation seemed hopeless in his eyes.
So don't think that having doubts about God is not a common occurrence even amongst the faithful when things go haywire in your life.
Struggles in life don't mean your eternal destiny is doomed.

 

[Carbon]

Some of what I am going to write may not sit well with some of you, but please understand that I'm not here to cause offense.

I’m going through the roughest time of my life. My wife and I are divorcing. I’m planning on moving out of my state when the whole legal process is over, and I’m basically going to be starting over.

I had been absent from my local church for a while because I couldn’t mentally or emotionally commit to attending on a regular basis while everything was going on. This Sunday, I decided to go alone without her, and it was an emotionally draining experience. The only thing I felt during the service was a sense of judgement because I failed to hold my marriage together and the vow I made before God is now broken. I felt devastated looking at the empty seat next to me. Unfortunately, I don't plan on going back. On top of that, I don't pray much anymore, and I am unable to focus when I try to read the Bible.

Recently, I started giving serious thought to whether or not I wanted to continue being a believer. The answer I came to is yes—I will continue to believe; however, it will most likely be what James calls a “dead faith" since I no longer have the strength to serve or have fellowship with others.

I don't know what all of this means for my eternal destiny, but I guess I'll find out one day.

Well sometimes we have to go through some very serious situations, this sure seems like one.
But as far as believing or not in concerned, if your a genuine child of God, your belief will continue. God will not forsake you.
On the other hand, if you never were a regenerate child of God, then you will leave.

 

[3 Resurrections]

Some of what I am going to write may not sit well with some of you, but please understand that I'm not here to cause offense.

I’m going through the roughest time of my life. My wife and I are divorcing. I’m planning on moving out of my state when the whole legal process is over, and I’m basically going to be starting over.

Dear sir, I will certainly be praying for you as you pass through this dark time of your life. A son of mine is likewise passing through the same thing at the moment, and my heart bleeds for him and his young children. He is a believer, but that doesn't lessen the anguish for him and the kids or for us. Very tough all around. But our Christ was also a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Grief requires time to walk through it. If you are finding it difficult to even pray, then at least write it down - and burn it afterward if you need to. God will still be there when you are ready.