We are wrong when we treat God as just another "something" to fill up a need. Don't get me wrong, because people who have made a true journey of faith all confirm that it is God who fills up that need to find life's meaning.
But the problem is, many times we want to arrive immediately at the end of the journey without wanting to go through the journey. It is frightening journey because the true journey of faith necessitates letting go of control. And this will surely affect our feelings. We won't always feel the "highs" of faith. Sometimes we have to go through the darkness of unfeeling or of rebellion.
This is why faith is more than a feeling. We need something more stable than our feelings on which to lean, like a solid rock.
Today I had a chat with a wise elderly sister. She affirmed that a true encounter with Jesus necessitates knowing who Jesus is, knowing His message. And this knowledge is possible because we have the Gospel and we have our Mother-Church. This is our sure foundation that the Jesus who "is the reason for our hope" (cf 1 Pt 3:15) is not some figment of our imagination or a product of our emotion.
