17/09/2026
When Pain Shows Up as Withdrawal
Distance can feel safer than another disappointment.
Genesis 3:8–9 8
When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man[a] and his wife heard the Lord God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees. Then the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”
Henri Nouwen wrote that the deepest healing often happens not in isolation, but in the presence of someone willing to walk with us through pain.
"God is pursuing me even when I pull away."