Dan Allender, in the book The Healing Path. Dan penned these words, “When we demand …”—he and Tremper Longman—“When we demand that another person or thing provides safety, certainty, and fulfillment for our deepest desires, we have turned from God to an idol for fulfillment of our needs.” That started to make sense to me, because I’ve done that—I’ve reached for other things to fill the emptiness in my heart, and it’s hard, by the way, to let go of those things, because they take on such meaning or