Is life truly worth living (Response to Lucas's question of the same title)?

Not too long ago, someone named Lucas asked this very same question. I really don't know where he is, but I am going to post my answer to his later questions to me here- as well as asking you guys where your motivation comes from to keep on living and how you can be positively sure that it's right. I know I'm totally spamming Yahoo! but Lucas needs to see this somehow.

This answer is for Lucas, I really hope he sees it.

I'm not even going to begin to judge you on your walk with Christ. Or whether you did or did not accept him. Honestly, even with Jesus there are still going to be problems in your life. I want you to know though, that doubting your salvation and questioning your sincerity of faith is totally normal. We doubt, it happens.

I want to start at the beginning though. Jesus does love you. It's not just a feeling, it's a fact. Jesus has been there every single time you came to him. Only you and him know if you were sincere or not. If you believed you were sincere then you were. God has accepted you and you are a son of the one and only. Cling to that fact. Doubts will come, I promise you, but remember, you have Jesus now. Jesus loves you. All it takes is one sincere time and then your salvation is LOCKED whether you're having doubts or not. I would encourage you to accept him one more time. I'm not discrediting all your other times, but this one is for you to be sure. I want you to accept him as your savior and Lord, only if you want that of course. After that, after you come to him and say something like, "God, I've seen how messed up the world is, I've seen how messed up I am. I need you, I need someone to save me. I can't make it to heaven on my own. The only way I can get there is because Jesus died for me. I accept what this means and that by accepting it, that my life is turned over to you, God. Thank you for the love you give and the sacrifice you made for me. Amen." You are saved. No more doubting necessary. I think the problem is that you don't trust God enough yet, which is normal. Just know that when God said he'd save you, he saved you. Trust him and lean on him when you feel those doubts come. Go to your Bible and read some of the promises he has for you. Go to someone who will pray for you, pray yourself. God will get rid of your doubts, you just have to trust him.

As for the answers thing, it is ok to have questions, it's ok to not be sure. I went into my relationship with God with some questions of my own. And you know what? That is totally ok. God WANTS you to ask questions. He welcomes them. He doesn't expect you to blindly follow him all the time. Ask away, and if you really are honestly looking he will answer you. It all just goes back to trust.

To address your statement on life. Once you have accepted Jesus Christ into your life, he works in you to make your life better. He builds you, purifies you, molds you and creates you into the you he wants you to be. People have often compared what God does with us to gold being purified.

As gold is being turned into the beautiful substance that we know of, it first has to be melted completely down, exposing all of our impurities. This part is hard, it hurts, and many don't like it. However, it is using these problems and conflicts, God shapes us into who he wants you to be. When the gold comes out from the the fire it has become more beautiful and more pure than it was before. I'm praying

Thank you for your answers everyone. If this question is even answerable............ Ummmmmmmmm yeah, sorry about that. You can ignore this question if you want.