Buffering is defined in the dictionary as “shielding yourself against something or someone”.  I would also like to add the idea of buffering against our emotions. That we shield ourselves against our emotions and passionate intimacy with God. How many of you have ever done something to shield yourself against painful emotions?   Drugs and alcohol are used to buffer, to shield us from our emotions.  Pornography is used to keep us from experiencing loneliness and the painful emotions of […]