"For when all is said and done, there is only this to say: No matter how sweet the event, how consoling the moment, there is always a deep longing within us that cuts like a knife. It is a yearning that stirs even when (or perhaps most often when) the air is flooded with sunshine and the sky dazzles us with color and light. Then this unutterable loneliness that we feel is in no way justified. Yet in the midst of our gratitude for the beauty of created things, we know in our very bones that there is something yet to be given. The emptiness is the mark and reminder of God. By this sense of what is not, we know what is and what is yet to be."
- Fresh-Brewed Life
Pastel Sky - Photo by MikePhoto25's/Flickr
2 comments:
A beautiful expression of what I've always felt... that odd sense of being both filled and emptied when I encounter creation, especially some gorgeous scene that I want to hold on to forever.
really really good stuff..
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