Blessed are you who are hungry now,
for you will be filled. …
Woe to you who are full now,
for you will be hungry.
—Luke 6.21, 25
What do you want?
What are you most hungry for?
Food for yourself,
comfort, a good life?
Now perhaps you have them.
But later you will find
the real Want we’re given,
the Hunger in our souls,
the Desire of God:
not just for us, but for all the world:
the poor, the stranger, the others,
the next seven generations—
every living creature.
If you’re satisfied now—
full enough for your family,
a good pension—
then later you will feel
the ache of that deeper hunger.
If you are hungry now,
hungry for everyone,
not just yourself and your kind,
you know the desire of God,
the passion of God,
the presence of God;
and it will fill you.
Blessed are you.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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