I had an interesting night tonight. If I learned anything I learned that you can’t deny what I have labeled the “God Complex”. Most Christians call this the “God-shaped hole” in their heart. They call it that because God was the person that filled the emptiness in their life. Which makes God the one thing they worship. So whatever fills the emptiness in your life. You worship it. Making it God. Hence the “God Complex”. My goal on this blog is not to talk about how God can fill the emptiness in your life but instead asking the question if what fills the emptiness is good or bad. Now there are two parts to the God Complex, “the emptiness” and “the fillers”.
The Emptiness
The question is, where does the emptiness come from? In my experience it comes from when people are hurt in their lives. From events such emotional or physical abuse, divorce, etc. What all these events have in common is a lack of love. Loving actions were ignored and selfish behavior ensued. This created an emptiness and the need for that loving behavior to become larger and stronger. The emptiness becomes worse and worse if love needs of the person aren’t met by the people who they sought the love from. If they needs are not met they will seek it from somewhere else in due time. We all have emptiness which we all must deal with individually.
The Fillers
Here’s the tricky part. The Fillers. The “fillers” are the things that fill that emptiness in a person’s life. When it comes to deciding whether you are using a “good filler” or “bad filler” it really depends on your point of view in the world. For example. A person using drugs or cutting themselves will think it’s a good filler because emptiness in their hearts from all the hurt has made them ignore the negative effects of the drugs and cutting. The only way for them to get out of the situation is for people to fill that persons life with the thing that that in it’s absence created the emptiness. That thing is called love. Love is the only answer to the emptiness, that in the end will not harm you. Mother Teressa once said, “If you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.” This is so true. I have a friend who is going through a tuff time and needs the love of people who care about her. I already lost a friend because people (“in a certain religious organization”) decided not to take care of her after she lost her main reason to attend this organization. I’m not going to let that happen to another person because people are to selfish to give her the time of day to show her love, hope, and another way. I hope the people I’m talking about read this and understand who and what I’m talking about. If I could take care of her myself I would. But I need help. We need to be a community.
Love & Peace
Chris
