Journal
Augustine on desiring what is yet unseen
Posted on March 4th, 2010, in the evening
That which you desire you do not yet see; but by desiring you become capable of being filled by that which you will see when it comes.
Augustine of Hippo, quoted in 'The Spirit of Early Christian Thought' by Robert Louis Wilken
While rarely disatisfied with my lot in life these days, I feel a relentless pull of the Greater unknown, and a calm confidence that the longing is not in vain. Augustine captures the sense perfectly here.
