Shattered Silence

When Hunger Pains Strike I don’t know about you, but I probably get “hangry” a bit more often than I should, especially if it includes lack of cereal and granola in the diet.   But all jokes regarding physical food aside, what about when we are hungry for something that food and water can’t satisfy?   Like the Sahara Desert running deep inside of our veins, what happens when we are starving for things that only God can provide? In the Scriptures of Psalm 107:9, the Psalmist remarks, “For He satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul He fills with good things” (Psalm 107:9, ERV).   Like eagles, we are hungry and dependent on God to fill us up in an overflowing manner.   Just as a mother bird provides for her young, so too does God dig up our nourishment and feed it into our bodies that are often frail and weak from lack of His power within us.   Therefore, perhaps it is good to be dry and empty, hungry , no starving, so that He can fill us back u...

Guarded Heart I think for a long time, my conception of love has been skewed.   It has been distorted by the lack of “love” from those around me and twisted into what I thought it was supposed to be or feel like.   What started out as a wound, then lead me to create a vow that I promised I would never let happen again.   “I am not going to like anyone again until ___.” “I am going to guard my heart because I don’t want to get hurt.”   “They couldn’t possibly like me; therefore, I am not going to share my feelings.” And sadly, I started to not only protect myself from other people and their love but God and His.   I began to think, “Surely I can guard my heart that this won’t happen,” “Surely I will avoid love at all costs because the risk isn’t worth it even though they tell me it is,” but in reality, I was only guarding my heart against God, and didn’t He take the ultimate risk of love when He died on the cross for me? Because you see, when you hav...