Why am I here?

In my opinion there is no answer to the "Great Why."
All we can do is do ower best to live a good life and hope the mark we leave is a good one.

I think there is an answer but most of us will never know what it is.

I believe it's because the creator knows more than we do and He puts us all here for a specific purpose and for the general "great commision". You are here because you were fearfully and wonderfully made and you are loved unconditionally. I also agree, it often times appears to us like we don't have a purpose or that it's hidden from us. We just have to take everyday/every single individual step of life and do what we need to and as each day unfolds we've completed one more little peice of the "mystery" whether we know it or not. One step/heartbeat at a time. He knows far greater than we do why we are here, we just have to trust Him with that. Besides, we love you too Jules!

We're here because God is a lover. This life battle is about HIS romance for us. An ancient proverb says 'Never give a sword to a man who can't dance". If we forget why we're in this battle, we lose. Viktor Frankl said we have physical needs & 2 others: to love and be loved. We're here as a direct expression of God's love, for the specific purpose of receiving it, so we can return love to HIM. Without God, we are incapable of love. Something deep inside knows we should be pouring it out, so we produce our own weak immitations of it. These never satisfy, because we can't give what we don't have. You're here because God loves you, even if you can't see why HE would, or know who HE is. Hope is released, faith is retained, but love must be recieved. Take it - no strings attached.

Sorry, but I just don't think that God likes me very much or I must have been a very bad person in a previous life. I do believe and love Him, I just honestly don't think he likes me at all.

If HE didn't like us, why would HE tolerate our existance for even another second? Sometimes life seems 'sucky', but if we'll just be who we are, then HE can be who HE is - our romancer.

I didn't say He didn't like everyone. I said that He didn't like me. But to answer your question as to why he tolerates my existence, maybe to make me suffer for something I've done. Who knows?

I'm convinced it's us who don't seem to like ourselves. HE's madly in love with HIS creation! HIS passion is way more intense than our own, so bad things we've done won't change that. I refuse to dwell on my own disgusting past ever again, & I hope you can forgive yourself too.

That's the 24 million dollar question now, isn't it?

Speaking as one who has lived a life of pain (physically, emotionally, and mentally,) it comes down to a simple concept that is more than a little difficult to grasp:

It's not about you. Life is not about you; nor is it about me.

Rather, I feel it is about what we can do for others, whose threads weave their way through the tapestry of our lives.

Each of us impact so many people, often in ways we cannot begin to comprehend; and even more often without our knowledge, and therein lies our purpose.

I have often felt as you do, feeling angry at, or hated by G-d. I've felt that way for things I have suffered, and what I have witnessed others suffer through. For things given, and things taken away. For my own actions, and my (sometimes worse) inactions.

Everybody suffers-- to different degrees and in different ways to be sure, but pain is a part of life, and an essential part of the human condition.

Without pain, joy would be meaningless. Think about that for a moment because it's a powerful concept. Those who feel the deepest pain also feel the most profound happiness.

When I suffer, I mean when I am really suffering-- the only thing that gives me solace is knowing that it's not about me, or my pain. It's about me helping others get through theirs. And then almost suddenly, I realize that my pain in not nearly as bad as it seemed a moment ago.

And in the end really, it's just pain. I can live with pain, and to be honest, I'd rather it be me suffering than someone else.

be oh be say Gtrsolist come close to his belief. Other belief be of be here cause he not all there =)
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