We suffer when we have been separated from what is vital to our wholeness—our bodies, our homes, our loved ones, our God. All these separations, though different in seriousness and ultimacy, feel the same. And they all have some personal guilt in them, for we all have some responsibility in the separation. That guilt needs to be acknowledged, forgiven, and accepted. If we deny it in either ourselves or others, we will never find out anything worthwhile about our past that can give us comfort and strength for the present and future. And worse, we will not recognize God’s first words—note
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