Bruce Springsteen joined the sages when he penned the words: "Everybody's got a hungry heart." But how does the heart recover when love seems lost forever, when hope is gone and dreams are shattered on the floor? Time and sleep pave the way for new days to come and new loves to be born. Yet only with time does such a truth become known to the heart that feels its most precious love lies stillborn.
Hungry hearts like hungry lion cubs lie in wait for the mother’s return. She carries the kill, bloodied and bruised, to her little ones that feed with a fury lest any surrender his part to another. And so hungry hearts feast on whatever is presented- getting their fill but rarely the reward of true satisfaction.
Hungry hearts like hungry lion cubs lie in wait for the mother’s return. She carries the kill, bloodied and bruised, to her little ones that feed with a fury lest any surrender his part to another. And so hungry hearts feast on whatever is presented- getting their fill but rarely the reward of true satisfaction.
This is why I would prefer to sing of the deepest love one can know- a love rarely enjoyed, precious beyond words and comprehension- "love divine, all loves excelling." Only God can truly satisfy the famished human heart. This is because the heart was made for God. The heart's home- it's destination- is God alone. Yet, like the cub when mother comes, we must open wide to feed lest we fail to get our fill. When other loves lie stillborn, faith must rise to God if love is to be born in and through us.
Biblical sages and ancient saints would proffer this bit of wisdom: Feed furiously like a hungry cub on the grace of God and you'll get abundant love your heart longs for- not simply the fleeting, lesser love Springsteen and lovesick sages routinely sing about.
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