Seeking to make the Lord God Jesus Christ visible in our midst… "Where two or three are gathered together in My name there am I in the midst of them." (Matt. 18:20)
While we are identified with how difficult things are for us we will be constantly looking to draw the attention of others to ourselves and our suffering. This need to have our suffering affirmed by others through eliciting their sympathy only gives force to spiritual associations that bind us to an emotional life dominated by…