讓我們繼續來默想「平穩和完整地」看待生命的重要性。我認為，不是基督徒的人不能完整地看待生命。為甚麼呢？因為他們只在自然的層面來思考，這樣怎能有一個全面的態度去看待生命？我們該知道，自然性的思考只是片面而不是完整的。

以醫藥為例，上一個年代的醫生一般都只是診治病人所提及的病徵，但是現在他們自理解精神對身體健康有多大的影響以後，就知道這種做法不夠全面。一位醫生說：「醫學界終於發現病人本身才是重要焦點。」今天的醫藥正在迅速的朝「全人」方向發展，因為越來越多醫生逐漸明白他們不能只診治表徵，必須醫治病人本身，可惜直至目前為止他們仍未能全然考慮到人的靈性因素，希望那是指日可待的事。

基督教在心理輔導業方面也面對同一個問題，那就是他們沒有看到整幅的圖畫。我對一部份基督教的心理輔導書籍感到相當失望，因為它們只提出問題的一面，從而建議採用某一種特別技巧，以為這便能把問題解決。可是，神所創造的人本是完整的，所以除非人的每一部分都得到醫治，包括靈、魂和身體，否則他永遠都不能恢復完整。神要恢復祂在我們裡面的形象：不只是一個部分，而是完整的我們。

We continue meditating on the importance of looking at life "steadily and whole". I venture to suggest that people who are not Christians are unable to see life as a whole. How can they, when their thinking takes place only on the level of the natural? Natural thinking is notoriously partial and incomplete.

Take, for example, the field of medicine. A generation ago doctors treated the symptoms that people presented to them, but now, with a clearer understanding of how the mind affects physical health, they have come to see that this approach was partial. One doctor said: "At long last the medical profession has discovered that the patient himself is important." Medicine is fast moving towards what is described as a "holistic" approach as more and more doctors begin to realise that it is not enough to treat the problem, we must also treat the person. They are still far from seeing that there is also a spiritual element in the person that has to be considered, but perhaps in time that will come.

Christian counselling suffers from the same problem - it does not see the whole picture. I am tired of reading books on Christian counselling that give just one side of the issue and suggest that problems can be resolved by applying one special technique. Man was created as a whole person and he will never be helped back to wholeness unless every part of his being is treated - spirit, soul and body. God wants to restore His image in us: not in part of us but in the whole.