How important is God in our Lives?

Michael Dubruiel wrote many great books. Michael died a few months ago at the age of 50 and his loss has touched many who knew him in person or through his books. God bless you, Michael.

I am currently reading his book about the Mass titled "The How-To Book of the Mass". On page 61 Michael writes: "We delude ourselves if we think we have no need of God. Without God we would cease to exist this very minute. Yet do we live our lives constantly thanking Him, entreating Him for help? Many times our greatest sin is our feeling of self-sufficiency."

How many years I spent not giving God much thought and I see that I was not alone. We human beings are very weak and we continue to commit the original sin of wanting to be gods. We think we can live without the constant presence of God, our creator, redeemer and friend, as a strong part of our lives. We tend to give him minimal thought if we give him any thought at all. We do not know how impoverished we are without him. We are deaf, dumb and blind. But once we see and hear and think we can no longer live without him. He becomes the source and summit of our every breath, our every thought, our every desire. May God bless us as we journey through this day.