'Life is full of experiences that exhaust us with unsatisfied desire. We are driven to fill ourselves with the good things of this world, but they simply leave us needing God all the more. As they turn out to be unsatisfying, we find ourselves longing for more, not always realizing that it is Christ we are missing, but experiencing the craziness of desire to fill that space with love. That longing is a longing for the strengthening and refreshing that only Christ can bring. Every single earthly disappointment presses us towards him.'
Julian Hardyman, Jesus, Lover of My Soul, p.51.
