For the past few months I’ve been feeling really disconnected from God. I find it hard to visualize Him and think of Him. I still try to pray and sometimes when I’m at church it gets better but once I leave I feel distant again. Why is this? I don’t want t

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Christanon 11/17/17 (Fri) 03:11:50 6fc740 No.558148

For the past few months I’ve been feeling really disconnected from God. I find it hard to visualize Him and think of Him. I still try to pray and sometimes when I’m at church it gets better but once I leave I feel distant again. Why is this? I don’t want to lose my faith.

Christanon 11/17/17 (Fri) 03:41:47 de3f6d No.558176

>..Neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-39)

God is omnipresent, and He is always there for us. Sometimes, though, He may feel far away. In these times, we need to remember that the Apostle Paul instructs us as Christians to pray without ceasing. For what else but prayer brings us close to God? He, in His infinite mercy, desires to have us speak and be close with Him. In the words of the wonderworker St. John of Kronstadt:

>Do not spare yourself from heartfelt prayer even when you have spent the whole day in hard work. Do not indulge in laziness when you pray; tell God everything that is in your heart. If you allow yourself time to pray with diligence, you will not fall asleep before you have wept over your sins. Believe that, if for the sake of bodily rest you pray hurriedly, you will lose the tranquility of both body and soul. By what labor, sweat and tears is our closeness to God achieved!

Prayer is something we should do all the time, not just in church. God loves you, anon. All you need to do is keep speaking to Him, even if it feels hard.

Christanon 11/17/17 (Fri) 05:22:31 b32bcd No.558228

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. Psalm 3:5

Christanon 11/17/17 (Fri) 06:14:11 2493c7 No.558250

You need to actually do the will of the father for your to grow in faith.

Christanon 11/17/17 (Fri) 06:57:39 5c271a No.558269

>>558148

Are you in mortal sin? Go to confession, mortal sin means you're separated from God

Christanon 11/17/17 (Fri) 16:16:26 1b1665 No.558473

God is not felt, God is not a feeling. He can send its graces that make us feel different things, but we must not chase after them. They are to help us grow spiritually. Whether you feel close to God or not is irrelevant, well actually it's more meritorious if you don't yet do His will, so keep fighting the good fight and rejoice! Don't let Satan, that abominable liar, put one over you.

Not being part of the Catholic Church, will hurt your relationship with God. God uses the Catholic Church to dispense his graces through the sacraments, like the Eucharist and confession. They are great tools for becoming holy like God. if you like I have a book to recommend you, it's by St. Catherine of Genoa it's called the dialogues on the soul and body. it's available in audiobook form on librivox.