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Sunday, September 5, 2010

Season of Pressing In

Fasting. Not my favorite thing, of course. But this fast is starting to produce fruit. I had no idea how satiated I was with food and entertainment. I had no idea how bad my cravings had become .. for things like pizza and a movie ... until now.

But after taking a long, long walk with the Lord last night, I realized all over again how silly it is to settle for pizza and movies when I can encounter the Creator.

Here's what I wrote last night: This is raw ... written for my journal ... proceed at your own risk.

I did not realize how much I had allowed my affections to be alienated by the trappings of this life. A slow and slippery slope, upon which I descended unaware, the pleasures of this world drew me deeper into a place where hunger and thirst were merely concepts rather than longings. Along the downward path, I noticed landmarks of self indulgence, rationalizations, and excuses. Yet today, as I turn my eyes from worthless things and embrace the hunger once again, my Father is lifting me up and beyond that place that would have eventually landed me in a pit of despondency, had I allowed the descent to continue. How faithful He is to meet us in our current state and lift us into His saving arms!

Today He and I walked again along a path where the atmosphere seemed to thin, as if I could simply step right through into eternity. Returning to this place, I felt His fingers momentarily linked in mine, his wind upon my cheek, and the aroma of budding romance sweeping down through the tree branches. My stamina to keep heart, mind, and soul in focus is not quite what it was years ago, and I found my mind drifting, to a calendar, a call, a need to connect with the concrete. Resisting, I managed to sustain the state of abandoned love longer, basking in the peace beyond all reason, where the breeze might simply lift me into His heavenly embrace forever.

Oh, lovely One, whose presence so enraptures me, call me further on into this romance. Remind me every time I hunger for the lesser pleasures of this life how you have so much more for me. Let me delight myself in You, taking joy in simply being with You, as I have in other seasons. Woo me to embrace the hunger rather than running to other things to fill me. Remind me daily of the reason for forsaking those lesser loves, those seemingly innocent substitutes for the reality of finding my true satisfaction in You.