One of the keys to letting go has to do with a willingness to recognize that while we are whole beings, there is a certain lack. There is an emptiness, a missing inside our hearts and spirits. St. Augustine referred to it as a burning in our hearts that could not be satisfied until it was satisfied in God. When we get quiet we often experience it. It is the very thing that keeps people from slowing down and getting in touch with themselves. It can be alarming when we first recognize it. If we look around at the world and our experience we notice that so much of the messages we get are that we are lacking. I think there is a common spiritual knowledge of this but the world often mistakes it to mean that it must come from outside of ourselves. So we pursue the job, the relationship, the house, the car, and or the latest gadget in some vain attempt to fill this sense of lack. Those things work for a time but then when they no longer work we need something else. We are designed to be in longing for closeness to the One who Created us body and spirit. However, there are no substitutes, at least not long-lasting ones, for God. At the end of the day we cannot bring any of those “things” with us, but we always have within our hearts, within our souls all that we need. If we are willing to sit with the realization that we are not fully whole until we are reconnected and get past the world’s view of “needing” something more, we can be open to allowing God into that space and filling it beyond our wildest imaginations. My prayer for us today is that we be open to acknowledging our need for God and how God will respond to our invitation to come a little closer. Make it a great one! Peace~Colleen
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