There is a popular song playing on the radio right now with this line of lyrics "I didn't know that I was starving 'till I tasted you."* This song might go places that I don't want to highlight, but this line is a powerful image of that deep longing that rests in our secret places.....that we cannot even put a name to.....until it finally finds its satisfaction.
In the Old Testament, it is the psalmist who shares these same sentiments.
O God, you are my God, I seek you,
my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land
where there is no water. Ps 63.1
In the Sermon on the Mount, (Mt. 5.6) Jesus teaches "blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled."
Augustine of Hippo, a theologian of the early church, wrote "You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you." (Confessions)
Throughout the ages, writers and poets have searched for the perfect combination of words which describe the wholeness accomplished when one finds God ....and thus finds oneself. Like water to a thirsty soul; food for the starving; a place of perfect rest.
Throughout the ages, writers and poets have searched for the perfect combination of words which describe the wholeness accomplished when one finds God ....and thus finds oneself. Like water to a thirsty soul; food for the starving; a place of perfect rest.
*lyrics by Hailee Steinfeld and Grey
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