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[humanity], who bears about... [its] mortality, the witness
of [its] sin, even the witness that You resist the proud, — yet
[humanity], this part of Your creation, desires to praise You.
You move us to delight in praising You; for You have made
us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest
in You. Lord, teach me to know and understand which
of these should be first: to call on You, or to praise You;
and likewise to know You, or to call on You.” Bishop
Augustine rightly observes that human restlessness is
not quenched until we “drink from the Well that will
never run dry” (John 4:14).

Over these next few weeks pay attention to the dry and
thirsty places in your life; the dissatisfied, “thin” and
hungry places in your being. These are the places and
spaces where God, in His love and grace, desires to
“satisfy your hunger with good things” (Psalm 107:9;
Luke 1:53). One way we can access this grace is
through Christian spiritual practices. So make
every effort to... “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to
the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk without money and without
price. Why do you spend your money for that which is
not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy?
Listen diligently to Me, and eat what is good, and delight
yourselves in rich food” (Isaiah 55:1-2, ESV).

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