I have felt very far from God for a long time. I've been asking him to make himself real to me in any way.
What we’re wanting to do here is to shake up both over-familiarity (for those who have been reading the Bible for a long time) that can sometimes cause the Bible to feel stale, as well as to think more deeply about what some of the ancient words and metaphors really mean, and what they might look and sound like in our present day context.
Remind yourself that you are God’s cherished kid, and that nothing in this world can separate you from that fierce parental love.
Hope is the practice of looking at a bad situation in front of you, and believing hard that good can still win...