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It has been 15 months since my last posted blog. I never stopped writing. I just didn’t feel like I had anything to say to anyone but myself or God. The past few months I have felt the nudge to offer some thoughts again, but with a new focus: \u00a0stories of redemption and transformation<\/strong>. Some time in the new year, I’ll have a new website too. \u00a0Until then … here are my musings on Advent.<\/em><\/p>\n ADVENT<\/p>\n I\u2019m trying to give up gum and cut back on warm drinks. It has come to my attention that I have a constant appetite to experience pleasure on my tongue. I barely finished my coffee and I start looking forward to my cup of lemon ginger tea. I have to force myself to drink plain water through lunch. Then I can have green tea in the afternoon, though what I usually want is a second cup of coffee. \u00a0Lately, I\u2019ve been having that second cup. \u00a0In between my yummy drinks are usually one or two pieces of gum.<\/p>\n There is a lovely comfort in a warm drink but I have realized that this constant craving to have this comfort, this happiness inside my mouth,\u00a0keeps me from being attuned to the spirit (mine and His)<\/em> and what He might want to bless me with or lead me into. It makes me wonder how disconnected my flesh and it\u2019s cravings are from my spirit and it\u2019s deep needs. When I am deeply satisfied in my spirit, it lasts and spills over. Happiness inside my mouth is here and gone as soon as the cup is empty and most of the time it doesn\u2019t even live up to the anticipation.<\/p>\n So, to prepare my heart for the coming of Christmas, I’m drinking more water. \u00a0Plain ol’ water. \u00a0So that, I might hear where the Spirit is drawing me and be truly filled. \u00a0What does your flesh crave? \u00a0And is it drowning out the cry of your spirit’s true hunger?<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] It has been 15 months since my last posted blog. I never stopped writing. I just didn’t feel like I had anything to say to anyone but myself or God. The past few months I have felt the nudge to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"It has been 15 months since my last posted blog. I never stopped writing. I just didn't feel like I had anything to say to anyone but myself or God. The past few months I have felt the nudge to offer some thoughts again, but with a new focus: \u00a0stories of redemption and transformation<\/strong>. Some time in the new year, I'll have a new website too. \u00a0Until then ... here are my musings on Advent.<\/em>\n\nADVENT\n\nI\u2019m trying to give up gum and cut back on warm drinks. It has come to my attention that I have a constant appetite to experience pleasure on my tongue. I barely finished my coffee and I start looking forward to my cup of lemon ginger tea. I have to force myself to drink plain water through lunch. Then I can have green tea in the afternoon, though what I usually want is a 2nd cup of coffee. \u00a0Lately, I\u2019ve been having that second cup. \u00a0In between My yummy drinks are usually one or two pieces of gum.\n\nThere is a lovely comfort in a warm drink but I have realized that this constant craving to have this comfort, this happiness inside my mouth,\u00a0keeps me from being attuned to the spirit (mine and His)<\/em> and what He might want to bless me with or lead me into. It makes me wonder how disconnected my flesh and it\u2019s cravings are from my spirit and it\u2019s deep needs. When I am deeply satisfied in my spirit, it lasts and spills over. Happiness inside my mouth is here and gone as soon as the cup is empty and most of the time it doesn\u2019t even live up to the anticipation.\n\nSo, to prepare my heart for the coming of Christmas, I'm drinking more water. \u00a0Plain ol' water. \u00a0So that, I might hear where the Spirit is drawing me, and be truly filled. \u00a0What does your flesh crave? \u00a0And is it drowning out the cry of your spirit's true hunger?"},"categories":[23],"tags":[14,10,12,34],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3161"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3161"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3438,"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3161\/revisions\/3438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}