Hungering for God

"Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists. A baby feels hunger: well, there is such a thing as food. A duckling ...

Pursuit of Happiness

In Dangers, Toils & Snares, John Ortberg writes:

When we take our children to the shrine of the Golden Arches, they always lust for the meal that comes ...

The Creator's Desire

It is certainly the Creator's will that the desires and talents he himself has planted in us be realized.

To One Unsatisfied

When, with all the loved around thee,

Still, thy heart says, "I am lonely."

It is well; the truth has found thee:

Rest is with the Father only.

A Life of Quiet Confidence

Your purpose ... has nothing to do with grandiose goals, lofty achievements, or universal fame. It is the quiet confidence that, even if you never leave ...

Don't Look for Yourself

Look for yourself and you will find in the long run hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you will find him, and ...

A Fruitless Quest

The search for self-fulfillment is endless, and endlessly frustrating.

Fulfillment Lies in Walk, Not Work

God didn't call me to find fulfillment in the quantity of my work for him but in the quality of my walk with him.

Living Fully

Your purpose ... has nothing to do with grandiose goals, lofty achievements, or universal fame. It is the quiet confidence that, even if you never leave ...

What Am I Afraid Of?

When I was a child I was, like most children, afraid of things that go bump in the night. But I told myself (for no good reason) that monsters which lie ...