Attached to God: A Practical Guide to Deeper Spiritual Experience

by Krispin Mayfield

Relationship Repair Letter Exercise Take some time to write a letter to God. Put to words the pain you’ve experienced in your faith. Be as honest as possible. Refrain, for the moment, from trying to resolve your feelings through saying what you should feel or what the truth is. Just write your feelings, write out the ways you’ve felt hurt. Use the “Beginning a Forgiveness Conversation” section if needed. Notice what you feel in your body as you put your feelings into words. Allow some time and space for the pain. God is with us in our pain, though we need not feel something to know it’s true. Step into the truth of God with us through a time of silence, allowing the pain to find air. Next write down your need (again, see the previous section if needed). Then finish the letter, signing your name. Now write a letter that you imagine God would write back. Remembering that God is not defensive or dismissive, use the following prompt to begin God’s letter in response to you: Dear Child, Of course you feel . . . and continue what you could imagine God saying from that point, responding to your pain. Then imagine what God would say in response to your need. If it’s helpful, close your eyes and imagine Jesus’s face and what he would say in response to this pain.