We have a right to believe whatever we want, but not everything we believe is right.
I think the reason we sometimes have the false sense that God is so far away is because that is where we have put him. We have kept him at a distance, and then when we are in need and call on him in prayer, we wonder where he is. He is exactly where we left him.
There is no greater discovery than seeing God as the author of your destiny.
Yes, if truth is not undergirded by love, it makes the possessor of that truth obnoxious and the truth repulsive.