If that's the price to experience joy then I don't want it. I don't want any of it.
If we have free will then I use my free will to ask God to intervene in my life and save me and help me from anything abuse related.
I can handle other sorrows or bad events, but NOT abuse.
If the answer of why God doesn't intervene is because we have free will, even evil people are allowed whatever free will, then there should be rules to this free will, or God should use HIS free will to help stop evil peoples will of wanting to do evil... you get me.
it just feels like God has forsaken me and a lot of us on here.
I'm going to answer your question assuming, and hoping, that you are genuinely questioning this and not just making an argument against Christianity.
there are many interpretations of God, and I don't think there's a single person whose interpretation of god is actually of the true God. even sill I have a rough idea of who my God is. God gave us free will, but he also gave us the mission to use that free will to guide his people to him. God has free will as well but, in my experience with him, he refuses to use it unless it's through us. We have the ability to pray for something and God will use our will and fulfill it if he sees it fit to do so. an example of this is altar healings, people sickened with disease, or blind or deaf, depressed or abused, or anything really, can be healed simply by coming before God and asking. You might find it hard to believe, but God only works when you ask him to, not because he doesn't know what you want Or anything, its because he wants you to ask. as humans we have nothing to give God that's worth anything except for our praise. nothing on this planet or off this planet could possibly please god except for the admittance that he is good, and as such when we praise him and ask for healing, he appreciates it and he provides. he's healed me, he's healed others, and he could heal you.
Furthermore, the question "why does God let bad things happen?" Is so easily answered in so many different ways that it's hard to go in depth on all of them, but here's an over view on a few arguments that I have heard and/or believe
"To sift/form us", in the Bible He compares our suffering to that of wheat as its sifted and ground into flour. The wheat being us before the hardships, and the flour being what remains of us after he removed every part of us that doesn't please him. This can obviously be seen as problematic but I personally don't think this is true because God's supposed to help us so the idea that he intentionally lets us suffer just to make us into something better for him seems a little far fetched, but its still and idea. Another comparison is a blacksmith forming a blade, but I like to see God as more of a potter, Instead of using heat and force to get what he wants he gently guides us to his desires, should we request it, and lets us move to that position however we'd like, if we'd like. and if we decide not to be formed, then we become wasted clay sitting on a shelf, slowly drying and crumbling away.
"Because we deserve it, suffering as punishment for our sins." this one I believe more than the last one, though still it Doesn't sit right with me 100%. in genesis after Adam and Eve sinned for the first time he set certain, different, punishments for man, women, and serpents. For men he made it so that their time on earth would be full of toils and hard work instead of the luxurious life that they had in the garden of Eden. for women it was the pain of child birth, and being ruled over by their husbands. He also cursed all humans, male and female, with eventual death, pain and suffering, as well as cursing all serpents to scurry around on the earth in their bellies by removing their legs. This is a clear demonstration that God has no problem punishing us for our sins, but even still he makes it his mission to relieve the pain and suffering we go through, and all we have to do is ask.
"Because we didn't ask him to save us."
this is not something I believe, and it kind of crosses over into prosperity gospel territory, but it still kind of tracks, cause if we do ask he will relieve some of the pain and suffering we go through, or at least he did with me.
"it doesn't matter, have Faith." this one is the one I resonate the most with, it basically just means that you should, no matter how hard things get, stay faithful and believe that God is with you and for you even if it doesn't feel like it. the argument's based on the belief that God is all knowing, all powerful, and all for you. even if you're hurting in the now, it'll all be worth it in the end, because God knows what he's doing.
I'm sure there are more, but those are the main ones I guess. You say that you can take regular sorrows and such but not abuse, which is a little confusing, but I can tell you now that you don't have to ask god to help with you being abused, for now a 911 operator will do. just know that God has not forsaken you, or anyone. God loves you and hurts when you hurt, cries when you cry, but will never stop loving you even when you are actively spiting him. I truly hope God helps you and your situation and I pray that you can recover from whatever you've been through. With Love, cya <3
