I've been doing this little Bible Study by Beth Moore called "Living Free". Don't be fooled by the ABSOLUTE cheesiness of the front cover! This study is really wonderful and makes a lot of sense to my brain. Today was called "A Picture of Satisfaction". She talks about how our physical symptoms of hunger and thirst are a picture for our spiritual symptoms, so i wanted to share a bit with you.
When you are hungry, how do you know? Do you get cranky? Stomach growl? Tired? When you are thirsty does your mouth get dry? So it is with our spiritual hunger.
"The most obvious symptom of a soul in need of God's satisfaction is a sense of inner emptiness. The awareness of a hollow place somewhere deep inside--the inability to be satisfied--ought to be a flashing caution light to every believer....Does your hungry soul ever manifest physical symptoms like irritability, selfish ambitions, anger, impure thoughts, envy, resentments, and eruptions of lust?"
oh so THAT's where those things come from? I thought I was just temporarily insane.
