I can see now how deeply God's absence affected my unconscious life, how under me always there was … - Christian Wiman

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Christian Wiman

I can see now how deeply God's absence affected my unconscious life, how under me always there was this long fall that pride and fear and self-love at once protected me from and subjected me to. . . . For if grace woke me to God's presence in the world and in my heart, it also woke me to his absence. I never truly felt the pain of unbelief until I began to believe.

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