from the confessions of St. Augustine:
Could anything remain hidden in me, even though I did not want to confess it to you? In that case I would only be hiding you from myself, not myself from you.
I wonder if I think I am an ostrich. When I find myself estranged from God and alone, it is because I have buried my head in the sand. Certainly the worst part of me is still visible but because I can’t see it, I don’t think it exists. St. Augustine may have never heard about ostriches but he certainly understands the concept. When we try to hide from God, all we are really doing is hiding from ourselves. God still sees all. How easy it is it is to fall into the mistake of thinking that we don’t pray about what troubles us, he won’t know we are troubled.
