longing

I read The Journey of Desire this past month. Many of the words Eldredge penned really spoke true of something I have been sensing over the past year. As the pages of a calender continually change, I am struck with the awareness that what I truly long for in this life will never be fulfilled. Eldredge reminds us wherever humans look, we see traces of what was. Eden. Perfection. Perfect Relationship with God. He says

"What if nature is speaking to us? What if sunrise and sunset tell the tale every day, remembering Eden's glory, prophesying Eden's return?" P. 107

And that is what we long for. A perfect world where we can have perfect relationship with God. Complete restoration of what was. I have been sensing that truth more and more. That longing of my heart will never be filled on this side of eternity.

The other night was I was reading revelation before I went to bed. It was comforting, but disappointing at the same time. It is not here yet. No matter how much time I spend in prayer or in the Word, this sense of longing will still be there. And that is good. We need not be discouraged because we do not yet have who we desire. For our perpetual awareness of who we do not have in His fullness is our hope that one day we will indeed obtain Him.