Longing and Hunger

A striking passage from Redeeming Love p. 71. Angel's heart is beginning to be changed from one of stone to a heart of flesh, as Michael woos her to himself. This is just what the Holy Spirit does in our hearts as well.

"He just painted word pictures of freedom that resurrected the old, aching hunger she had felt as a child. It was a hunger that had never died. Yet each time she had run away to find an answer to it, disaster had fallen upon her. And still, she had kept trying." (p. 71)

Here we have a beautiful metaphor of the pursuit of the Father stirring in us a longing and a hunger for true things, love that doesn't ever disappoint, and desire that incites us to want to leave the shackles of a life bound by sin. Beware of the times of no longings, no desires, no hunger. Those are the times that should cause the hair on the back of your neck to prickle. Not the times of deep hunger and thirst. Matthew 5:6, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied."

Lynn