Unsatisfied Satisfaction

A gasp of air to a drowning man;

A crystalline oasis to a parched traveler;

A banquet spred before a starving man;

Lovers reunited;

So You are to me, Lord Jesus.

Though all temporal longings be satisfied:

air,

water,

food

love

I will need again

to breathe,

to drink,

to eat,

to be with my beloved

so it is infinitely more with You, Lord Jesus.

You satisfy my deepest heart’s desire.

Yet, sufficient though you are for today, tomorrow I will again

gasp you in;

rink great gulps of You;

eat at your table;

fellowship with You-

an eternal cycle of ever increasing joy in the satisfied unsatisfaction that I have in You.

Oh Lord Jesus, I, one of Your gracefully satisfied unsatisfied ones come now and ever to You,

my Satisfaction

and

my Passionate Desire.

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A gasp of air to a drowning man;

A crystalline oasis to a parched traveler;

A banquet spred before a starving man;

Lovers reunited;

So You are to me, Lord Jesus.

Though all temporal longings be satisfied:

air,

water,

food

love

I will need again

to breathe,

to drink,

to eat,

to be with my beloved

so it is infinitely more with You, Lord Jesus.

You satisfy my deepest heart’s desire.

Yet, sufficient though you are for today, tomorrow I will again

breathe you in;

drink great gulps of You;

eat at your table;

fellowship with You-

an eternal cycle of ever increasing joy in the satisfied unsatisfaction that I have in You.

Oh Lord Jesus, I, one of Your gracefully satisfied unsatisfied ones come now and ever to You,

my Satisfaction

and

my Passionate Desire.

6 24 07