My Uncle Joe has served God for 20 years of his life, but guess what????? God has repaid him by giving him liver failure from past abuse of drugs and alcohol. My Uncle Joe has given up on the "Almighty God" and turned to drugs, alcohol, and smoking after a long year of praying for the help of "God". My Uncle has around 6 months to live according to The Doctors and is going to die as an drug addict, alcoholic, and smoker. So much for God changing his life So that's how God repays someone who dedicated his life to God for 20 years of his life and raised his children to know about God?

This post was edited by Coca_Cola on Aug 7 2010 10:58pm

Uncle Joe? I always thought people do that for the catch in words but I hear that somebody actually DOES have the rights to call somebody they know Uncle Joe for once? Holy damn you lucky son of a gun. Besides you seem to have mixed your words up by putting the blame on God for YOUR wrongdoings. I just love when people do that. Even though I spent my entire life doing drugs and alcohol, for some strange reason God himself decided to give me the diseases that comes from the abuse of drugs and alcohol. Oh I just know that my body is way too superior to be affected just like everybody else that it has to have been God himself who done it.

Yeah real mature and logical way of thinking right there.

i commend your uncle in following God for 20 years i can only pray that i can do that but here's a verse i would like to share with your uncle it's in galatians which is a letter paul wrote galatia it's galatians 2:20 "i have been crucified with Christ and i no longer live, but Christ lives in me the life i love in the body i live by faith in the Son Of God who loved me and gave himself for me." i feel like death wouldn't be something i would be worried about if i've been living for God all those years because i feel like he would be excited that God is finally calling him to be with him but i guess he loves this life more than he loves God

also there's a sign by a church that i pass by regularly and it says a faith the fizzles in the end was flawed in the beginning

This post was edited by lingaojing on Aug 8 2010 10:58am

think about the story of job
if your uncle REALLY had faith in god, would he have abandoned his faith when god tests him?
after predicting his death to his disciples, jesus once said "do not lets your hearts be troubled, for i am joining my father in heaven who is greater than i"

If he believes in god, and has served it for 20, why is he afraid of death?
Shouldn't it be a good thing to die, since he is going to heaven?

The problem arises when people think God did something to them when they are the ones who abused alcohol and drugs. Then finally after so many years it has finally caught up to them.

My grandmother had a heart attack Christmas eve, I got to drive though a blizzard of 15 inches of snow at the time to spend six painful hours at a hospital to watch her die. It's just happenstance.

doesnt this all sound to u like this is uncle joes fault? its not gods fault that he chose to be a drug addict it was god that saved him for 20yrs to live that much longer and ya mabe god was calling him home so he dont have to suffer anymore and he can start living i think thats the reason god said build your house on the rock so when the storm comes u will b strong but this sounds like your uncle did not build his house on the rock and it sounds like in stead of trying to blame god y dont u go and try to help him instead of blaming god remeber when u point a finger there r 3 pointing right back at u so i think u should gather up all your uncles and aunts and go out there and get your uncle and remind him that god still loves him and always will just cause he made poor judgements he damaged his insides not god,god sent his son so that your uncle would be saved from all his past sins,and remember jesus rose again so we will rise again .

I think you're uncle been really courageous to be able to change his mind and habits after be addicted to a lot of substances. He won a battle over his enslavement!

Sadly, the dammage to the human system after a huge drugs abuse is unpredictable. The medecine is more experimented years after years, I hope you're uncle will be cured from this disease.

Tell your uncol to keep faith alive and to remmber that god is abole.