Chlorine makes me itch. I have been swimming lately in order to mix up my work out some. On swim days I itch. One of the things that bugs me is I overscratch. I find that scratching an itch really feels good. It feels so good I continue to scratch and it is only when I quit scratching that I realize instead of an itch I now have pain. There are times when I know I am overscratching and I still do it. I do the same with eating sometimes. I am hungry so I eat but then eating feels so good I over eat. I am hoping you can relate and this isn't just a weird confession. Lately I have been wondering why. I think it is because I am not home yet. I mean the itch reminds me that something is not quite right here in this world. Don't get me wrong, right now my life is pretty great with my first grandchild and all. Did I mention I am a grandfather? So, life can be good and yet something is not quite right. It is an itch? And then even the scratching goes over the top and doesn't do the trick. There is an itch in my soul. I have a longing and if I try to scratch it with anything in this world my tendency is always to overscratch. I see it all around me. It can be people with their jobs or with money or with over the top vacations or parents way too much into their kids. Did I mention I am a grandfather? And there is the itch and the scratch and the reminder that I am not home. I was made for God and the itch in my soul will only go away when I am at last with the One for whom I was created. Until then I will be reminded with every itch of what my soul really longs for and will be grateful for a Savior who paid the price for me to find my way home.
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Preparing I believe is the appropriate interpretation as we all should be for that glorious day when our Lord returns and looking at life from the perspective of eternity. And too, a little groaning in your spirit. This is good.
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