tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111588656047713854.post5329366424634336789..comments2009-10-13T10:19:42.146-07:00Comments on Second Life Anglican Ecumenical Bible Study: Psalm 63Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11938641996931196631noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111588656047713854.post-18385666385503573572009-03-23T04:06:00.000-07:002009-03-23T04:06:00.000-07:00The theme of longing for God came up today when I ...The theme of longing for God came up today when I was considering loneliness and the terrible emptiness we sometimes fell when we are lonely.<BR/><BR/>In moments of loneliness we can try to turn to God, and recognize a longing which is part of our longing for fellowship with God.<BR/><BR/>This brought me to thinking of Augustine, and his famous words in the <I>Confessions</I>: <BR/>"Thou hast made us for Thyself O God, and the heart of man is restless until it finds its rest in Thee."<BR/><BR/>This thought of the restlessness of the soul and the longing for God is ever-present in Augustine's thought on God and man - it's become in itself an important stream in theology.<BR/><BR/>Randy Alcorn has a posting on Augustine and this thought <A HREF="http://randyalcorn.blogspot.com/2008/02/longing-for-god-and-joy-from-augustine.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11938641996931196631noreply@blogger.com