Quotes About Longing

We are like lutes once held by God. Being away from his warm body fully explains this constant yearning.

Come to the Word with a spirit of longing with devotion and humble expectation. Be determined to know God.

I lost a very dear friend who lived with AIDS for about 17 years. Rejecting early treatments that were iffy, he thought he saved himself. I really miss him a lot.

Christian fasting, at its root, is the hunger of a homesickness for God

Trying to fill the God-sized hole in our hearts with things other than God is like trying to fill the Grand Canyon with marbles.

Desire only God, and your heart will be satisfied.

By God, I could make myself bring her that economically halved grapefruit, that sugarless breakfast.

As we see the beauty of God and feel His weightiness in our hearts, our hearts begin to desire Him more than we desire sin. Before the Bible says,"Stop sinning", it says,"Behold your God".

God, I want to die in you.

The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need. It is an urge. It is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger and thirst, it's almost impossible to stamp out.

O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace.

I should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it's such a drag when you're livin' in the past

All people desire what they believe will make them happy. If a person is not full of desire for God, we can only conclude that he is engaged with another happiness.

When our deepest desire is not the things of God, or a favor from God, but God Himself, we cross a threshold.

I want a heart which is split, part by part, because of the pain of separation from God, so that I might explain my longing and complaint to it.

To truly know God we must long for Him without any other motive than reaching God Himself.

... our natural Will is to have God, and the Good Will of God is to have us; and we may never cease from willing nor from longing till we have Him in fullness of joy: and then may we no more desire.

I don't believe in God, but I miss him.

It's been a few days since I've seen my kids. My hearts racing; I can't wait to hold them. This is just a glimpse into God's heart at Mass.

Faith means wanting God and wanting to want nothing else.

Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from the thought that God wishes it to remain here in banishment.

How terrible the need for God.

Dear soulmate, I don't know who you are, where you live, or what you look like. But I pray for you every nite and I ask God to point you in my direction.

God made our souls to long for Him, and we are not fully satisfied without His presence in our lives.