A nursing babe thinks only for the moment,
His stomach soothed but never satisfied,
His sense of smell, of touch so overwhelming,
His need for milk, for love intensified.
A weaned child has experienced a fullness
Beyond the nourishment from mother’s breast.
He understands a measure of contentment
To stay enclosed within her arms at rest.
The natural man thinks only for the moment,
His passion soothed but never satisfied,
His sense of hopeless void so overwhelming
His need for truth, for love intensified.
A man of God experiences fullness
Beyond whate’er the world can give at best.
He understands immeasurable contentment
To stay enclosed within God’s arms at rest.
The babe cannot refuse milk altogether;
In lack of sustenance, would fail to thrive.
And yet he cannot simply nurse forever;
In lack of growth, unable to survive.
Just so, God gave creation for the moment,
Knowing full well that it would not suffice,
Nor could man live or grow in earthly pleasure.
Thus, He requires that man must be born twice!
~ae
“Surely I have composed and quieted my soul;
like a weaned child rests against his mother,
my soul is like a weaned child within me.
O Israel, hope is in the Lord
from this time forth and forever.”
~Psalm 131
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