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Saturday, August 21, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
...hunger...
...stay with me if you will....
yesterday morning, i was getting dressed and realized i was way past the point of hunger, to where my stomach was hurting and i felt sick. with having a child and from the busyness of the day, there are times i hardly stop to eat and easily look over the little groaning in my stomach. before i know it, there's a huge craving in me that i would literally put anything in my mouth just to satisfy the discomfort and hunger in my belly...whether it be healthy for me or not. i'm normally a pretty healthy eater but in those moments, i tend not to care because i just want to be filled again... satisfied. as i was thinking on this, i thought- if i would just take the time to pause from the non stop lifestyle and refuel- how much better off i would be... when i feed myself with the right nutrients; i'm full, satisfied, not aching for something more.
and then it hit me, i reflected on how at times that mirrored my spiritual walk. there are times i get so caught up in life, i ignore my spiritual hunger. at times, i'll get so deprived of that filling that can only come from time in the presence of our sweet Jesus, and my heart aches for something more. when our soul gets to the point of starvation, we are so anxious to be satisfied again, that we're willing to reach to anyone or anything to fill it. and then we end up reaching for more and more because of the dissatisfaction it leaves us with and it literally drains life from that person or things we're reaching to and even still, we're left lifeless. hungry. dry. aching for something more.
luke 4:13-15...."...everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water i give him will never thirst. indeed the water i give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. then the woman said to him,'' Sir give me this water so that i won't get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water..."
i'm challenged to stay filled, to listen to my heart cry and go to the only one who can satisfy. there is something about the Spirit of God that fills and satisfies every part of my being. the Creator meeting with the created. it's a oneness and closeness that can hardly be put to words. the sweet presence of Jesus. the Comforter. Counselor. Friend. there's nothing like Him.
song recommendation: Audra Lynn "Wellspring"
LOVE!
Kristy
yesterday morning, i was getting dressed and realized i was way past the point of hunger, to where my stomach was hurting and i felt sick. with having a child and from the busyness of the day, there are times i hardly stop to eat and easily look over the little groaning in my stomach. before i know it, there's a huge craving in me that i would literally put anything in my mouth just to satisfy the discomfort and hunger in my belly...whether it be healthy for me or not. i'm normally a pretty healthy eater but in those moments, i tend not to care because i just want to be filled again... satisfied. as i was thinking on this, i thought- if i would just take the time to pause from the non stop lifestyle and refuel- how much better off i would be... when i feed myself with the right nutrients; i'm full, satisfied, not aching for something more.
and then it hit me, i reflected on how at times that mirrored my spiritual walk. there are times i get so caught up in life, i ignore my spiritual hunger. at times, i'll get so deprived of that filling that can only come from time in the presence of our sweet Jesus, and my heart aches for something more. when our soul gets to the point of starvation, we are so anxious to be satisfied again, that we're willing to reach to anyone or anything to fill it. and then we end up reaching for more and more because of the dissatisfaction it leaves us with and it literally drains life from that person or things we're reaching to and even still, we're left lifeless. hungry. dry. aching for something more.
luke 4:13-15...."...everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water i give him will never thirst. indeed the water i give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. then the woman said to him,'' Sir give me this water so that i won't get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water..."
i'm challenged to stay filled, to listen to my heart cry and go to the only one who can satisfy. there is something about the Spirit of God that fills and satisfies every part of my being. the Creator meeting with the created. it's a oneness and closeness that can hardly be put to words. the sweet presence of Jesus. the Comforter. Counselor. Friend. there's nothing like Him.
song recommendation: Audra Lynn "Wellspring"
LOVE!
Kristy
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