Recently I had a job interview with Feeding America and one of the questions I was asked was "What is hunger? And why does it exist in America?". Whoa!!! Talk about a tough question. I took a moment and then confidently answered "I think hunger is a desire for something that cannot be fulfilled and that we can hunger for more than just food and for more than physical needs but also emotional and psychological needs that go unmet." I figured this was a pretty stellar answer for having to come up with it in less than 2 minutes. However, recently I have been thinking the answer over some more and was listening to the song "Draw me Nearer" by Meredith Andrews and I found the lyrics to be very thought provoking. One part of the song says this:
"For your nearness Lord I hunger
For your nearness Lord I wait
Hold me ever closer Father
Such a love I can?t escape"
"For YOUR nearness Lord I HUNGER" WOW!!! I think I wanna change my answer. I think hunger is the desire for something that feels so far away but is desperately needed, needed in a way that its the only thing one can think about. I pray that I have a HUNGER for the nearness of God in my life. I challenge you reading this if anyone does :p to pray for that kind of HUNGER for the nearness of God in your life. What a difference it will make!!!
Loving well,
Paula
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