Is it okay to be angry with God?

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Is it okay to be angry with God?
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Published: Sunday, September 23, 2007

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Visitor Comments: 77

  • (77) Katherine , May 24, 2009

    yelling at God in anger and defeat

    I remember the day I stood in my backyard, so far beyond my ability to bear another test of faith that just kept coming day after day, year after year with no end and no relief, and I don't know what happened, but I looked to the heavens and I screamed at God (and I mean screamed)"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING??? WHY ARE YOU NOT HELPING ??? EVEN JOB HAD ONLY A TEST FOR A FEW YEARS, NOT FOR 3 DECADES??? WHERE ARE YOU GOD??? WHY HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN ME???" You know, until that moment I had gone to God with every moment of my life, good & bad, trusting & believing that he was there and listening and caring what happened to each hair of my head. For my whole life I had studied the scriptures, had faithfully attended church and gone to Bible College so I could serve Him better, had without question been there for anytime He needed me and had served without question, had faced the poverty and starvation and uncertainty of living without question, and in those experiences still was there for others needs first and I never thought twice about it. But in that moment, in that evening, I could take no more and the frustration became anger and I yelled at God ... my best friend, my Father. I changed that night. I finally spoke the feeling of betrayal that I had carried a long time, and it was a relief. But I also lost my faith that night. The centre of my world, now was in question. Was anyone even there? So now here it is, 6 years later, and I have no faith and that is a very empty thing, because too gone is hope, and with that came spiritual death. When I had faith, there was always the hope no matter what. So is it wrong to be angry with God? I think yes, for me it was.

  • (76) Zachary , April 7, 2009

    Everything is for the good of things.

    I think it is okay to be angry with G-d only if we keep in mind that everything G-d does is for the good of things. For example, in the Israeli War of Independence, I bet a lot of fighters were really angry with G-d, but in the end we got our own country.

  • (75) jewgrl37 , November 29, 2008

    being angry with g-d

    were prob not angry at g-d. we prob just want s/o to blame r troubles on. s/o who truly loves G-d and knows what Hes all about wont just get angry at Gd

  • (74) nosson , August 13, 2008

    Many great people were "angry" with God, including Moshe. It is "ok" to be angry with God if we are being truely honest with our feelings and we know that they are a representation of our limited knowledge and limited truth.

  • (73) BatMordecai , March 30, 2008

    Amen Tamara...

    Amen to Tamara's comment...Anger is never healthy...never productive and is a descecration to Hashem!!!!

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