Sustain the Longing

Christmas is over and done.

at least this year's celebration of it.

We remember the fulfillment of a promise.

The Messiah came!

after being suspended so long

in the hopes of His people.

The longing was met.

There was no fasting while the Bridegroom was present.

For centuries the Israelites had gazed at the heavens

with eyes of hope

with hungry hearts

with groaning spirits.

Israel sustained this longing for thousands of years.

Again we find ourselves in such a season.

Advent is not just a season,

but an expanse

amid our narrative with God.

For the bridegroom is once again absent

And now we wait, gazing at the heavens

with eyes of hope

with hungry hearts

with groaning spirits

ever and anon

until the light once more shines in the darkness.

Our eyes get strained from squinting into darkness.

Our hearts we fill with junk food, that fills but doesn't satisfy.

Our spirits we silence in the groaning, for the sound is unpleasant to bear.

Yet, longing sustained is our constant season.

feel the emptiness within

groan for the light remembered.

This is not a state of striving.

This is a state of being.

For who we are is not who we were designed to be.

God has set eternity in the hearts of humanity

and the Kingdom, though come, is yet coming.

So we are in constant waiting.

constant longing.

constant groaning.

not to be quelled until that much anticipated day.

Sustain the Longing.

Align your spirit with your body and soul and mind.

God came through once.

He will come through again.

Let your light shine.