When we are sick or get tired dealing with chronic diseases, we may feel that God has left us, but we know that that's not possible. Yesterday reading Richard Rohr's The Universal Christ I came across an image that hit me. Our love affair with God is like a dance. Sometimes for us to step forward God must step back a bit. The withdrawal is only for a moment and its purpose is to pull us toward God--but it doesn't feel like that in the moment. It feels like God is retreating. Or it just feels like suffering.
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