Today's Thought
TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 13, 2005
You are reading from the book Food for Thought with modification.
Hunger
Deep within our real lives is a hunger, which is not satisfied. We hunger for love and fellowship with each other and we hunger for communion with our Higher Power. We were not made to be alone and isolated. We found the games, which, for a brief time, seemed to satisfy those hungers. Withdrawing into compulsive gaming makes our real lives even worse because we were no long there, working on it.
As long as we are alive, we will never be fully satisfied. There will always be more love to give and receive and more steps to take on our spiritual journey. In this sense, we will always be hungry. Spiritual hunger is a good thing, as long as we recognize it for what it is and do not try to appease it with material substitutes or activities.
Our Higher Power has created us with a hunger, which He alone can satisfy. As our progress through the Twelve Steps brings us closer to Him and closer to each other, we experience a fulfillment, which we had not known before. We are learning to hunger for spirituality.
Bless our hunger, we pray.
Liz Woolley