One of the cries of spiritually dissatisfied people is: "No one
understands me." "No one understands the frustration I am feeling on the inside
that all do not feel right." Their cry is not one of self-pity, as is often said
by the pious pulpit-teers...it is an honest realization and admission that their
spiritual lives are lived in frustration and quiet desperation that they can
conceal no longer.
They sense that there is so
much more to a relationship with Christ than the ritual status quo and they seek
for an understanding heart and ear, but there is none. They long to break free
from their mundane image projection of having it all together by smiling faces
doing the do's and not doing the don'ts mentality confirmation...while the real
person remains unknown and subdued. The desire to be authentic overwhelms them,
but is stifled by the realization that further misunderstanding and rejection
will be the result if their questioning
continues.
People are tired of the facade and
realize they are imprisoned and isolated while surrounded by those who claim to
know, care for, and love them. Many have reconciled themselves to a lifetime of
spiritual barrenness and frustration of mundane rituals. Deceived by the
deception that the exterior facade and the inner person are one and the same,
they try to comfort themselves in their deception.
- Glenn Regular
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