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Tag Archives: longing
Why do we respond to beauty like we do?
When we see beauty of all sorts: autumn leaves, spring flowers, summer fruit, we yearn for something which can hardly be put into words. We record beauty — in our minds or through paintings or by photographs — because beauty … Continue reading
somewhere else there must be more of it
“It was when I was happiest that I longed most. It was on happy days when we were up there on the hills . . . with the wind and the sunshine . . . Do you remember? The colour … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty as a pointer, I Corinthians 13, Lewis, longing, pointers, there must be more of it, yearning
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love with no parting
“One of the deepest desires of the human heart is for love without parting. Needless to say, the prospect of the resurrection is far more comforting than the beliefs that death takes you into nothingness or into an impersonal spiritual … Continue reading
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Tagged creation waits eagerly, expectation, grief, groaning, Keller, longing, love with no parting, pain of parting, restoration, resurrection, Romans 8, waiting, yearning
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There’s a kind that’s vast, unmeasured, boundless, free
When you long for deep love, love with no boundaries, love free and never-changing, your heart is actually yearning for the love of Jesus. He watches over your every need. He’s always there; His love is love of rest, of … Continue reading
we must be lured away
“Heaven is not here, it’s There. If we were given all we wanted here, our hearts would settle for this world rather than the next. God is forever luring us up and away from this one, wooing us to Himself … Continue reading
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Tagged Elisabeth Elliot, heaven, invisible Kingdom, longing, Love Has a Price Tag
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A longing for another place
Mounded grey clouds blew in, and flurries of snow fell and dusted this scene soon after I took this photo. The horses nibbled through early morning layers of cold, and as I watched the flakes swirl toward the ground, … Continue reading
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Tagged C.S. Lewis, heaven, longing, The Problem of Pain, what am I looking for, what I was made for, yearning
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ferns and summer and rays of sunlight
Summer smells and sounds, summer colors and places and memories. Which, if you imagine your happiest summer moment, come to mind? Do you dream of a cool haven tucked away in the deep green of a wooded wonderland? Do … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, C.S. Lewis, frustrated, happiness, heaven, home, idols, Jesus Christ's supremacy, longing, pointers, preferences, satisfaction, summer, twisted, wonder, worship
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Even More Beautiful 