THREE BIG QUESTIONS
THAT DETERMINE EVERYTHING
1) What's your spiritual hunger?
2) What can satiate your hunger?
3) Are you eating?
Were it not for physical hunger pangs, we would starve. The same is true of spiritual hunger pangs. What are those? We know them as angst, anxiety, jealousy, selfishness, bitterness, lust, discontent, self-loathing and every other form of discord. Too many of us dismiss these as "just the way it is." We co-exist with them, and often even defend and cultivate them! The truth is that these pangs correspond to our B.C. selves (Before Christ), meant to impel us to Him whom alone can satiate and save. There is no room for discord in souls fashioned for God's indwelling Spirit.
Why do we give quarter to the Enemy? Christ conquered. Isn't it time for some Spring house cleaning? Claim Jesus' victory. Practice it with every pang. Live it. If not, our witness to a starving world is of faith impotent. Why should they bother? Why should we bother?
Here's the game changer: Identify your spiritual hunger pangs. These are God's invitation. So bring them to Him in Mass, and even to moments of prayer (right now!). Bring them with expectant faith that He will conquer! He will satiate! He will exchange our discord for holy accord. Let's pray to recognize each new moment as part of a custom-designed retreat, an occasion for ever-deepening encounter... an exchange of lesser things for greater.
The Holy Spirit is being poured out. Revival is wherever you are.
Our God fashioned us for His very Presence.
He is the only supply of our deepest needs.
This is what Jesus does. This is what He wants to do for us.
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