1. Thirst

1. Athirst is my soul Man's capacity for God and God's plan for man. Compendium 1-10 Scripture Psalm 63: 1-8 1You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. 2I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. 3Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. 4I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. 5I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you. 6On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night. 7Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings. 8I cling to you; your right hand upholds me 1.Possessions alone can not bring happiness. 2. God himself, in creating man in his own image has written upon his heart the desire to see him. 3. Even if this desire is often ignored, God never ceases to draw man to himself because only in God will he find happiness for which he never stops searching. 4. Questions about evil, suffering, and the meaning of life which may seem to be inconsistent with a loving God, all the more indicate an intense longing for God deep within us. 5. This is God's plan: to go in search of us despite our sinfulness and our substitution of possessions and false loves for his true and everlasting love. 6. Even believers often fall into the trap of living as if God does not exist. 7. There is an inbuilt longing for God: "You have made us for yourself and our heart is restless until it rests in you" (St Augustine of Hippo) The human spirit is made for love - and ultimately for the infinite love of God. Often we search for this love in all the wrong places but the universal and relentless search of the human heart for infinite, perfect and unconditional Love cannot be denied. 8. The harmony, order, beauty, and purposefulness of the universe demand an intelligent creator. 9. Reason must be enlightened by True Faith in order to know the True God in a world which often associates God with hatred, vengeance and violence. 10. God has revealed himself wonderfully throughout history for those who seek him sincerely and humbly. Jesus revealed the beneficent creator in the parables such as the wedding feast to which all are invited and even compelled to come. 11. It often seems that evil is about to dominate the world and eradicate God, but a closer look shows that where evil reigns God’s grace abounds even more. Atheistic totalitarian regimes eventually begin to realize that without freedom of worship everything stagnates. Socialism and communism and even secularism recognize the need and value of community, but community requires trust and trust requires love and true love requires God who is the definition of love. 12. Slowly but surely humanity is coming together for the common good. Let us work and pray and believe in the inevitable springtime when love overcomes the cold of winter.