It truly is only the loss of the One who fills that hole that we need fear. That loss does not come from God abandoning us, for God is the one who cares for us and upon whom we can cast all our care. The loss comes when we separate ourselves from God. We reclaim our original sin - separation from God because we try to be God instead of claiming our relationship with God. For some reason, it seems that the more difficult the situation, the harder we try to do it ourselves.
People ask why conversion often waits until one is in dire straits.
Often times, it is only when we have come to the end of our own resources that we are ready to acknowledge and trust the One beyond us. It is only when our faithless fears and worldly anxieties overcome us that we will give up our grasping, controlling ways. In our brokenness we wait so long exhausting ourselves and others. And so, in our prayer we petition God. Preserve us from faithless fears and worldly anxieties, that no clouds of this mortal life may hide from us the light of that love which is immortal, and which you have manifested to us in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.