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Question: I would like to know why I was put on this planet because I'm fed up with my life.
-S.H., Leicester, England
Answer: We have all at one time or another felt a degree of frustration with our particular circumstances. You are certainly not alone in that respect.
While we do not know the precise situations that are causing you to be very distressed with your life, we do offer you our empathy and our prayers that your circumstances will improve.
Sometimes we may be the victims of "time and chance" (Ecclesiastes 9:11), while at other times we may suffer at the hands of others or because of things that are our own fault because of our own choices or actions. Whatever the cause, we are easily burdened with the stress of the situation and the resultant feelings of hopelessness.
The question of why we were put on this planet contains within it an underlying question: Who put us here? The answer points us to the purpose of life itself.
Many people have wondered if there really is a God or whether we, this planet and the universe itself, are merely a chance occurrence-without purpose and thus without hope beyond any fleeting pleasures. But if God exists and the human race is His creation, that knowledge has important implications. It allows us to view our personal circumstances from a more positive perspective. You may wish to request or download our free booklet Life's Ultimate Question: Does God Exist?
Yet there is another underlying question to consider: If an all-powerful, holy and kind God-who takes a personal interest in His whole human family-really exists, then why does He allow circumstances that cause some in His human family to become so distressed with life itself?
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