This hunger is better than any other fullness; this poverty better than all other wealth.
(C.S. Lewis)
God comes to us not as food but as hunger, not as presence but as distance felt, not as fulfillment but as longing, not as love consumated but as desire enkindled.
God does not take away our loneliness but intensifies it.
God does not answer our questions but floods our souls with ever-expanding mystery.
God does not soothe that “old ache” but deepens it.
God does not open the door but prompts us to go on knocking.
For our hunger is a joyful longing.
Our hunger is God made present.
John Kirvan; God Hunger: Discovering the Mystic in All of Us.
(C.S. Lewis)
God comes to us not as food but as hunger, not as presence but as distance felt, not as fulfillment but as longing, not as love consumated but as desire enkindled.
God does not take away our loneliness but intensifies it.
God does not answer our questions but floods our souls with ever-expanding mystery.
God does not soothe that “old ache” but deepens it.
God does not open the door but prompts us to go on knocking.
For our hunger is a joyful longing.
Our hunger is God made present.
John Kirvan; God Hunger: Discovering the Mystic in All of Us.
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