As babies we have two basic needs: to eat and to sleep. We rely on our mom and dad, our family, to take care of us and make sure that our needs are met. As we grow up, our basic needs of eating and sleeping do not change. What changes is how we ensure that our needs are met. We learn that our parents are not always going to be there to take care of things for us. As adults, we have the responsibility of taking care of ourselves and fulfilling our own needs, and sometimes even fulfilling the needs of others. Filling these basic needs, for us, becomes a daily part of our lives, something as integral as breathing and existing. We eat when we're hungry, we drink when we're thirsty, we sleep when we're tired, and we continue to live each day. But are these the only needs we have in our lives? Every day we are faced with other challenges, questions and needs that need to be fulfilled. Not all of these are "needs" that we can meet for ourselves. Sometimes we must still rely on others to fill these voids in our lives, these holes left by our cravings.
In our group last night we talked about what our most important needs are, beyond food, water, oxygen, sleep. Our needs ranged from success and optimism to love, faith, and community. We found that we are all in different places in our lives. We face different challenges every day. Our needs and wants differ greatly. But we all admit that we don't just rely upon ourselves to meet our own needs. We turn to each other for support, for guidance, and we turn to our God to fill the holes in our lives for which there are no other answers. Our life journeys are full of questions and needs that we can not face alone, no matter how strong and brave we are. These are the moments, the struggles, and the cravings that we turn to God to fill. We turn to Him because we know Him to have the answers, if only we can take a moment to listen to what He is telling us.
How would this change if we didn't have Him in our lives and our hearts to turn to? Have you ever wondered what it must be like to not believe and not have that supernatural power on your side? I pray every morning as I get ready for work. I pray for a good day. I pray for the health of my friends and family. I pray that the answers I have been searching for become clear. I pray that an old friend will call. I pray that my lunch is yummy. I pray for energy, for peace, for strength, to get through my day at work. My prayers are not grand nor are they always specific. But every day my prayers are answered in small ways. What would life be like if I prayed, but didn't have anyone to pray to? How would my life be different if I never heard an answer to my prayers? What would I do if I stopped believing and He stopped being a part of my life?
These are just a few questions that came to mind as we discussed our journeys and our cravings last night. We start our lives as simple babies with simple needs that our parents meet for us. As adults, we have grown in to this responsibility of fulfilling our own needs. Are we up to the challenge? Do we have the strength to search and fill the holes in our lives? We do if we rely on Him for that strength. We just need to turn our hearts and our heads toward Him and the answers will come.
My ultimate craving is for a deeper, more personal relationship with my God. This is the journey that I am on.
What's yours look like?
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I don't even know any more.
Think i lost a lot of my faith in high school, after the whole thing with Eric and I've never fully gotten back to trusting that there's a God that's taking care of me. I don't doubt there's a God, i just doubt, sometimes, that he's taking care of me. Lately, like in the last 2 years or so, it seems he's just around to make my life as hard as possible :P It's hard, i have to say, but... I think that's why i move around so much, or change the things in my life, because i'm trying to figure out where i belong, where i fit and what i'm suppose to do.
I was watching this show, called project runway (btw, i'm still on my drugs, so excuse spelling grammar, etc mistakes, too tired/lazy to fix em). and on this show, people REALLY want to be designers, it's in their blood, it's in their heart, they eat, breath and sleep designing and i watch the show and feel a little empty inside. I just don't have anything like that in my life that i feel that passionate about, that i care about that much and it makes me just a little sad.
yeah. i'm going to bed. I get to go to the doctor tomorrow and see if he'll release me from my house arrest! And if he does, i'm going to the brand new starbucks that just opened up! wooooot!
love you! :)
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