Hey Jake, your post caught my eye on the home page with the title “anyone please read”, and here I am. I just finished work; it’s still my afternoon here in Canada on December 3. It shows you posted at 4am on December 3, so I’m not sure where you’re located.

Jake, I hope you’re still around man to read this when you wake up later today or whenever. I think most of us came across this site for similar reasons. I won’t say I completely understand what you yourself are going through, but I want to tell you that I suffer from bipolar disorder, and have for many years, and what that means is that my reality is not always everyone else’s, so I get you on some levels. People don’t understand always how I feel, or why my moods change so fast, why I’m not consistent in my feelings or decisions. It’s frustrating, and I feel empty and lonely alot of the time.

Jake, you want to know why I get up in the morning. I get up because of HOPE. You started off ur post why saying you believe in God. I do too. Think about that, Jake. We believe there is a Creator who made the universe, the earth, and all life on it. That makes sense because of the order and complexity in a single cell. If simple things like a pen need a designer, how could more complex things come about by chance?

Now, why do schools exist? Why do parents send their kids there? Why do they buy books and read to their kids? Why do parents tell kids not to cross the street without looking both ways, or not to eat too much candy, or not to smoke, etc.? It’s because it’s a natural thing that this God we believe in put into them as parents, to teach and guide their children to help and protect them, and show them love.

So if parents do this naturally with their kids because God gave them that nurturing instinct, would it not make sense that God himself would want to guide, teach and protect us? I’m not sure about you, Jake, but to me it’s reasonable to believe God would not just create humankind to wander aimlessly on this planet, stumbling and unhappily trying to make sense of it all. God has not done this, but in fact He has given us HOPE. The key to that hope is knowledge of why things are and why life is the way it is today, and how and when it will change.

In my opinion, and from my own personal experience, it is not possible to find deep contentment and the answers you seek Jake without considering God in the equation. Sadly, many today have dismissed God and the Bible as useless, and this has created a world wherein people believe there are no true answers, only what seems to work for them. This can be confusing.

In short, Jake, there IS a reason to get up in the morning. It is the HOPE that this world as it is today will not continue always. The Bible’s answer to our situation today can be illustrated this way:
Suppose there is a classroom of students, and the math professor is solving an equation on the whiteboard.
One rebellious student pipes up and starts saying that the professor doesn’t know what he’s doing and that he
could solve the math problem better. Some other students join the rebellion, while others remain silent to see
what will happen.
The professor has 2 choices at this point: He could kick the rebellious students out of class and continue. But would this solution satisfy the students who were quietly watching what was taking place? Might some of them lose respect for the professor because they might think he was afraid of being proved wrong by the rebel?
The other choice is that the professor could hand the chalk to the rebellious student and allow him the chance to prove himself.

This is what gives us HOPE Jake. This is exactly what the Bible shows God did after Adam and Eve rebelled. They believed Satan when Satan made God seem like he was a liar and was holding back good from them in Genesis Chapter 3. God could have zapped Adam, Eve and SAtan all out of existence and started over. But the angels who were watching in heaven might have wondered if God was afraid that Satan really would have done a better job ruling the world. Also, they might have lost respect for God using his power that way. So what did God do instead?

Well, He stepped into the background for a period of time and handed the chalk of world rulership over to Satan and humans. Jake, we are still living in this period of time. That’s why life sucks, and we have problems, mental, emotional and physical. It’s all a part of being born imperfect, and living in a corrupted world every day.

Jake, I wake up sad still sometimes. I have motivation, no zest for the day ahead. Other days I look forward to my day. Either way, thanks to what God has revealed in the Bible, I understand why life is the way it is, and that it’s only TEMPORARY. Soon, just like the professor would not allow the rebel to take the whole class solving a problem he couldn’t, God will also step in and take back control of this world which should have belonged to him.

That gives me HOPE, and that’s why I get up in the morning.

Jake, I don’t expect you or anyone to believe something simply because I say it. But if you do truly believe in God, take a closer look at the Bible and what it really says. There really IS a reason to keep going my friend; I’m a guy who can testify to that.

You are welcome to contact me anytime Jake. I hope this post will find you a bit better.