Life After God

I've been reading a lot of things by Douglas Coupland lately. He wrote a book back in 1994 that is called what the name of this post is. It's a collection of short stories that detail people going through experiences that are heart breaking and the situations seem hopeless. It seems that Coupland knows what life without God looks and feels like. The book is pretty depressing over all but it is also very thought provoking and it's all culminating to this great realization. I'll just write what he wrote.

"Now -- here is my secret:

I tell it to you with an openness of heart that I doubt I shall ever achieve again, so I pray that you are in a quiet room as you hear these words. My secret is that I need God -- that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to help me give, because I no longer seem to be capable of giving; to help me be kind, as I no longer seem capable of kindness; to help me love, as I seem beyond being able to love."

The depths of my soul shout in agreement. Even when I feel very far from Him, I know deep down that I need Him; that I will never not be able to live apart from Him. He is the only thing that makes sense of this awful world I live in and I can find strength only in Him.