The Hole vs. The Whole
NEWS FLASH!!! If you’re still looking for God, it’s because you believe God is what will fill up the gaps and holes in your life. If you know God is what is making your life whole despite the gaps and holes, you’ve probably found God already, and have no further reason to look. Of course, even after you’ve found God, you may keep trying to fill up the holes. That’s because you’re only human. However, you may stop praying for God to do the job for you. That’s because you realize that it doesn’t really, really matter whether the holes are filled up or not. But you know what? I find that not caring about the holes, and taking notice of what is whole in your life, shrinks up the holes really fast. When you’re no longer praying for stuff to put into your holes, and when you’re only praying in grateful recognition of whatever is whole in your life, the parts that are whole are nourished and grow, and the needy parts — the holes — diminish by not only losing imp...