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Saturday, October 10, 2009
Long to long
I want my soul to ache for Christ. I want my heart to long for His returning. As a bride longs for her husband, I want to have that same longing for Christ. I want it.. but sometimes I admit I don't have it. Other things fall in the way. Distractions, busyness, other wants and things. They all get in the way of that deep desiring for God. But I want it. I long to long. "The longing to long, is longing." David Perkins once said that. But I think sometimes it is, and sometimes we aren't really longing, we are just longing in the sense of kinda wanting it. Like yeah it would be nice to long for Christ... it would be nice to find 20 dollars... I don't want that kind of longing. I want true intimate longing for My Savior. A friend of mine wrote a blog about being undone and wrecked for Christ. I want that. I want my heart to ache for Him. I'm not there, but my longing for that, is growing deeper. I will not give up. As Miguel would say be Resilient.
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I think it starts with our admission of our utter helplessness. I see your heart is sweet. I know you are sinful and wretched like the rest of us. But I see you are set apart. You long and seek after the things of christ. You are not perfect and will never be, but I think you have a tender heart. A tender, heart that longs to obey. Keep obeying. When we obey God opens up beautiful and wonderous truths. It does not come through study (although study is good) or reading (although reading is good). The holy spirit opens our eyes to his truth when we obey! Thanks for sharing your heart!
ReplyDeleteGreat post, I was just having that thought yesterday!
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