Feelings are like a color chart that God has given us.
What happens is that people who are very religious but who are not in touch with reality, cannot be spiritual.
My only hope to receive love is to let you see who I am, then I may believe you.
The whole Bible is the story of men and women trying to get back to God, to overcome that sin with sacrifices, good works, sermons, prophesy, witnessing, giving all kinds of things. It never worked
A forest is mystery but the desert is truth. Life pared to the bone.
I have learned to like myself for the first time and to have some serenity.