The pastors says God allows discouragement and setback to test your commitment to your goals and your bonds, what are your thoughts about it?

[jennifer_bloom]

2 guys I used to like began to show interest in me around the time I was with my boyfriend, as if they were sent to tempt me to leave a good and stable relationship. I don't hate those guys, since they are just pursuing their own self-interest, and everybody on earth does that, but they are not going to take me from my partner.

And I know 2 girls that tempted my boyfriend to leave me during the time we started dating, and even if they failed to make an impact, they still attempted to take him away from me.

I had temptations to give up my career goals, in favour of something else, and in fact, I even had people with power and authority try to force me to give up my goals, because they thought my goals were unrealistic, and impractical.

[Hardon-Collider]

That's a simple-minded and mechanistic view. It's not a 'test' from God; it's the consequence of your own life's work and choices. The people and situations you're encountering are the very things you need right now to complete your current life's journey. Your boyfriend, your career goals—these are your current tasks. The people who are trying to tempt him or derail your goals are the forces that arise from your own past. The spiritual world doesn't 'test' you; it presents you with the challenges that are necessary for you to finish what you've started. So don't see it as a test from above, but as the friction of your own life's work. You don't need to prove your commitment; you just need to do the work that's already in front of you.

[es20490446e]

Occam was a priest that was entrusted with a mission: to tell what was miracle from what isn't.

Then he formulated an useful rule: the simplest answer is the most probable one.

God isn't testing anything. Things just happen in life, and you decide what to do with them.

[dwreborn]

Iam not a church go-er or really believe in the power I would say it's just coincidence but if it was the almighty he's sent you a sign I guess good luck with that