Developing Object Permanence With God
Mar 07
Our six-month old baby, Sarah, gets super excited every time she sees me. One of those times when her eyes seemed totally locked onto me, I wondered, “Why is it that my presence gets her so excited?” I had many explanations. And I was also reminded that babies don’t have a concept of object permanence. When something they see disappears, they don’t understand that it continues to exist. I realized that Sarah must think this way of me too. Every time I returned, she became excited. Then I wondered, “How much of a spiritual baby am I?” I seem to lack object permanence when it comes to God. When I “see” Him, I get so excited. But when I don’t see Him, it’s like He doesn’t even exist anymore. I just go on with my life with no thought of Him whatsoever. How can I develop object permanence with God? How can I be reminded that God continues to exist, even when I don’t see...
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