Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. Every night I lift my voice, but I find no relief. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away when I groan for help? Every day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer. His words remind me that I'm not alone in these feelings. He cried out to God when he was sad, lonely, and angry. He didn't know what the future would hold for him, but he knew he was being hunted by his enemies. At different times, he felt abandoned by God. Read the Bibleĭavid was a man who waited. They were earnestly encouraging, but their sentiments didn't turn my heart from its dark path. So I turned to my husband and a trusted friend. (More on prayer below.) Seek Support from Others I felt like I would have to wait for what feels like forever. It just led me further and further into despair. It didn't soothe my hurting heart or dry up my bitter tears. Pray without ceasing, right?īut unfortunately, telling God about my anger did not make me feel better. Joe and my friends tell me that my prayers will be answered, although I don't know if they just want to make me feel better or if they really believe it to be true.Īnyway, I am mad at God, and I only know three things to do in this unfamiliar situation: pray, seek support from other people, and read the Bible. I have been reading and journaling through Wait and See to find some encouragement in my wait. Maybe He is going to give me the thing my heart longs for after I wait a while. Maybe He has a reason for making me do the thing I don't want to do. I can see where it might even have been a disaster, and maybe He is saving me from that. In my brain, I can see where the thing I wanted so much might not have worked out perfectly.
I am mad at Him for making my children so very sad. I am mad at Him for making me so very sad. I am mad at Him for disappointing me, though this goes so far past disappointment that I almost can't call it that. I am mad at Him for giving me hope that my longing would be fulfilled, and then taking that hope away at the last minute.
I am mad at Him for giving me a desperate longing and no way to fulfill it. I trust that His plan is bigger and better than my plan, and I trust that He has a reason for what happened. Not only was the thing I was looking forward to doing not going to happen, but I was going to have to do something else that I didn't really want to do, possibly for a long time. I don't want to go into the details of the bad news, but suffice it to say that I was looking forward to something very much, and then I found out at the last minute that it wasn't going to happen. I am mad at Him, too, and you are about to read about other people (in the Bible!) who have been mad at Him, too. I hope my words below bring peace to you in the difficult situation you're in.įriend, are you mad at God? You are not alone. I wanted to preface this post with a note that I still don't know if it's okay to be angry with God, but I think it is always okay to cry out to him and especially so in times of great emotion. I'm not angry anymore, but I am sad and very much grieving the way things might have been if MY plan had played out instead of His. I had just gotten some very bad news, as you will read below, and I was angry at the way His plan was playing out. These encouraging Bible verses and quotes will help you to like you're not alone in your anger and will help you to get to a better place. You need to hold tight to your faith when you're mad at God.