It’s a place I’ve spent precious little time, but the promise of peace lures my memory again and again.
Tag: longing
“You know what I long for, Lord; You hear my every sigh.” (Psalm 6:3 NLT) I cried a little last night. My facebook feed was filled with the cherubic faces of my younger friends’ children and my older friends’ grandchildren in costumes and candy-laden. I…
God sees our longing. Our effort. Our contemplation. Our desire to see Him move in our situation. He is “moved with compassion” (Matthew 9:36) and tends to our need.
Home is not an address or a structure. It’s not a zip code or a state or a country. It’s not even a people, as I’ve previously thought. Addresses change. Buildings burn down or fall into disrepair. Zip codes boundaries are redrawn and governments crumble. People pass or pull away. If these temporary structures are our home we will always, eventually find ourselves homeless. Our permanent Home is found in our Lord alone.
Apostle Paul suffered from social distancing long before coronavirus made it a cultural phenomenon.
“And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem coming down from God of heaven, like a bride beautifully dressed. I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying “Look, God’s home is now among His people! He will be with them and they will…
“All my longings lie open before You, Lord, my sighing is not hidden from You.” (Psalm 38:9 NIV) God can handle our longings. He is not afraid of human desire. In fact, laying our longing before Him might be the very key to containment and…