Summer, Fudgesicles, and Jesus

It's officially summer. I know because I have found my frozen delight of the year. This year it is the fudgesicle. Fudgesicles are 80 calories of refreshing deliciousness. I am eating them like they are going out of style. Every summer it seems like I hit on something like this. There have been popsicles, icees, homemade slurpees. You name it, if it is frozen and sweet I have binged on it during the summer. I read somewhere recently that real appetites are different than artificial appetites. An appetite for something real doesn't seem like it is seasonal. I don't only thirst for water in the Spring (no pun intended). There is also something about a real appetite that allows for a feeling of contentment. I eat a fudgesicle and I begin walking over to the freezer before I have sucked the stick clean. Then after two more fudgesicles I am ready for something salty. It is a circus over here. Now you know why I exercise so much. Anyway, fudgesicles got me thinking about Jesus. My appetite for God is not seasonal and for that I am very thankful. After time with Jesus there is an experience of contentment. I don't bounce from sweet to salty. My appetite for the eternal runs deep within me and is satisfied only by a relationship with God Himself. The amazing thing is that God has made Himself available to me every day and every hour. My stash of fudgesicles is running low even as I write. But tomorrow morning God will be waiting for me in my quiet room and will give me as much of Himself as I can stand. So, I will fill up and walk out of that room content and knowing that the deepest hunger inside of me has been filled by that which is real. Fudgesicles are good but I was created for something a little more solid and so were you. This summer go ahead and treat yourself to some frozen delights but don't go a day without delighting yourself in the One who made you and offers to fill you up to the brim with what your soul really longs for....Himself.