Good morning, friends. This is a reminder that our longings for more are gifts in themselves. Since we have fallen from Eden, our longings make sense and are meant to lead us home. Sometimes I feel ashamed of being unsatisfied—and there is such a thing as unhealthy complaining and griping—but sometimes I need to pause and examine that feeling. To remember that my life won’t be perfectly complete here. To let the longing lead me to God. Borrowing from Augustine, I will be restless until I rest in God, and God’s not done with me or you or even this earth. We are the firstfruits of new creation, but there’s more to come. If you’re in a time of questioning, of searching, of restlessness, that doesn’t mean something’s wrong with you. You’re on to something. There is more, and you’re blessed to recognize that.

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Title credit: “Echoes of Eden” by Matthew Perryman Jones