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In
the first part of this therapy God presents us with a simple question.
Who or what is God in your life? If we are honest with ourselves we
probably have many gods that we worship; our reputations, physical
appearance, money, food, sports, career, the clothes we buy, TV, our
cell phones, etc. To spare us the disappointment placing our faith and
hope in these things will bring, God begins this therapy by enabling us
to experience the inability these other gods have in bringing us
fulfillment and joy.
How
does God the divine therapist do this? He creates in us an insatiable
hunger that continually grows and gets worse the more we worship these
other gods. The more faith and hope we place in the things of this
world the more frustrated and anxious we become. The longer this search
continues in this way the more likely we are led towards addictive,
compulsive, destructive behaviors and towards feelings of despair.
Hence, our attempts at finding peace and happiness in this world produce
the opposite effect; confusion, anxiety and sadness.
It
is because God loves us so intensely that He does not allow us to find
rest in this world. God does not want to bring us to despair, nor does
He want us to spend our lives chasing after idols and false gods. We
are made for the truth and He alone is the fullness of truth that our
hearts are desperately in need of. Until God becomes the only God in
our life we will be filled with this insatiable hunger that will often
times leave us feeling like we are dying of starvation. The reality is
we are not dying; because if God is not the center of our life we are
not even alive yet!
God,
the divine therapist, whose desires that we “may have life, and have it
abundantly,” (Jn 10:10) leaves us with this important question; who or
what is God in your life? The wrong answer will lead to more pain,
frustration, darkness and anger while the correct answer leads to
healing, life, light and love.
+ fr jeremiah myriam shryock cfr
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