As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. -- Psalm 42:1-2
Dorothy Sayers: , *The Mind of the Maker*: "The characteristic common to God and man is apparently this: the desire and the ability to make things. It is written that man was made in the image of God, and if the image is not apparent in his desires, then it must be looked for somewhere in his abilities -- or nowhere."
John of the Cross: , *The Ascent of Mount Carmel*, Book I: "In order to arrive at having pleasure in everything, desire to have pleasure in nothing. In order to arrive at possessing everything, desire to possess nothing. In order to arrive at being everything, desire to be nothing. In order to arrive at knowing everything, desire to know nothing."
Clement of Alexandria: , *Paedagogus* (The Instructor), Book I: "The Instructor exercises a truly divine authority, and His teaching is the all-wise instruction of the Word. He alone is able to train the soul perfectly. For He it is who, as the image of the Father, became the pattern of living for us who believe in Him -- the Way, the Truth, and the Life."
Richard Foster: , *Celebration of Discipline*: "Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem. The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent or gifted people, but for deep people. The classical disciplines of the spiritual life call us to move beyond surface living into the depths."
If the thirst you feel in quiet moments were not a problem to solve but a summons to answer, where would it lead you today?
Musonius Rufus: , *Lectures*, Fragment 37: "If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labor passes quickly, but the good endures. If you do something shameful in pursuit of pleasure, the pleasure passes quickly, but the shame endures."
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