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Michael Warden
- Jul 27, 2015
- 3 min
The Beauty of Longing
Longing (noun) — a yearning desire, especially for something unattainable or distant. God is perfect. And yet, He is full of longing.
It’s strange to think of longing as something a perfect Being would do. Most of our notions of God’s perfection imply a deep completeness. God is self-sustaining. God needs nothing. God lacks nothing. And yet He longs. I’ve been wondering lately what to make of this. I think God longs because He loves. More specifically, I think He longs beca
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