Restlessness

St. Augustine said, “Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.”

What causes restlessness?  Is it the ups and downs of life?  Is it the yearning for the desires of our heart; dreams fulfilled, and destiny unfolding..

There is so much that aches within a human heart.  And as we age the ache grows deeper, perhaps it purifies us to receive the promise…to receive the gift that only God can give in His way and timing.

What do we do when sorrow and passion dance together?  Do they kiss? Do they reach out? Do they become the Holy Ground in which we live?

Indeed happiness and Joy surprises us.  We would cling to these feelings forever…People are attracted to those qualities of the heart.  We desperately need them, but the wiser teachers, the guides, the ones that show us the deeper way can be of the more sobering kind.

The life of God in us is a complete mystery.  The times, the ages, the decades, the memories that live within us.  It’s incredible what a lifetime of years will give. We need to respect the aging process in our lives.

Let us not cling solely to the years of our youth, though truth be told, God does renew our youth like the eagle’s.  But it is a renewed vision, where innocence and wisdom live deep within our beings. 

Oh Happy Day, when Jesus washed my sins away!  This is my story.  This is my song.  Praising my Savior all the daylong!