HUNGER PAINS

a couple of weeks ago a friend posted on a facebook group that she saw a tweet from Oprah that made her stop and think... "until you can be thankful for something that is not enough then what you have cannot be multiplied into more than enough (BishopJakes)" she then challenged us to list something that was a blessing to us, but something that was out of the ordinary, different from the norm.


after thinking for a couple of days i became starkly aware of my hunger pains.

i am thankful for hunger pains... the kind you get when you are so hungry it hurts and you are starting to feel sick and then food enters your system and you can feel the life seeping back into you. hunger pains. 

when you are made aware of the fact that you are lacking so when you are filled life is breathed into you. hunger pains. 

like when you move to a new place and for three years you pray for women who you can live in real authentic community with to surround you, who will regularly interrupt their lives for you and you them, and after three long years the LORD grants your request. then you are filled and life is... so full... hunger pains.

like when you search desperately for a job to provide for your family, and it takes a long time... much, much longer than you ever expected... and you almost give up and try something else... but then, the phone call comes and you are in. hired. and blessing after blessing after blessing comes. hunger pains.

when you feel like GOD is so... far... away... and who are you that He would listen to you anyways... but still you cry out to Him. and HE IS FAITHFUL!!!! hunger pains.

i am thankful for the hunger pains because i know now what a blessing it is to be full. SO FULL!!!!

may you recognize your hunger pains so you may be fully aware of your fullness! and praise the LORD in his faithfulness!

-tiffany