work around your abyss - henri j.m nouwen

There is a deep hole in your being, like an abyss. You will never succeed in filling that hole, because your needs are inexhaustible. You have to work around it so that gradually the abyss closes. Since the hole is so enormous and your anguish so deep, you will always be tempted to flee from it. There are two extremes to avoid: being completely absorbed in your pain and being distracted by so many things that you stay far away from the wound you want to heal.

My Reflection: Sometimes, I just want to fall into despair and sulk...and other times I preoccupy myself with tasks in order to avoid the thought of it. The thing is, this abyss is what I create for myself. When Christ died on the cross, He already filled the gap, he's already given me meaning to live. Grace has created a path for me...my feelings of inadequacy and incompletion come only from a place where I have failed to recognize Christ as Redeemer of all of me.