.Sunday, November 23, 2008 ' 2:44 PM
Life on earth is a TEST.
This life metaphor is seen in stories throughout the Bible. God continually test people's character, faith, obedience, love, integrity, and loyalty.
A very important test is how you act when you can't feel God's presence in your life. Sometimes God intentionally draws back, and we don't sense his closeness. A king named Hezekiah experienced this test. He enjoyed a close fellowship with God, but at a crucial point in his life, God left him alone to test his character, to reveal weakness, and to prepare him for more responsibility.
Same situation as mine. I lost her, and I'll probably no hope for anything. But still , I hold on because I know I will have more responsibilites to face, weakness to strengthen and character to change. But (Suveer) does not understand me. For him, it will be best if God would tell me "I simply dont care about her" and so, if he did that, I will lose my faith and he will be right. He will be right that God does not care about those people who are suffering. He simply do not understand that life is a test. A test which you must endure to shape your characters and your faith. For him, all I am saying now is bullshit. He is clearly showing that I must look closely to those people who suffered and who are suffering now to realize that God does not exist or God is not helping us.
For me, when you understand that life is a test, you realize that nothing is insignificant in your life. Even the smallest incident has significance for your character developement. Every day is an important day, and every second is a growth opportunity to deepen your character, demonstrate love, or to depen on God. Some test seem oerwhelming, while others you don't even notice. But all of them have eternal implications. God wants us to pass the tests of life, so he never allows the test you face to be greater than the grace he gives you to handle them.
My last words to you: I don't ask you to believe in Christian ways but all I want you to understand is that "Life on earth is a test".
