When I was around 2 years old my sister contacted Polio, and life changed for me dramatically. Suddenly my sister no longer shared our bedroom, she had to live at “Somerton crippled children’s home” in Adelaide No body explained or even tried to talk to me about this, it was thought I was too young and it was not necessary.
My parents owned a cafe in our town, and they were busy people, particularly through the week. I often stayed with relatives or friends of the family at the weekend, because that was the time they would visit my sister.
I would watch as they packed surprises of sweets and toys for my sister, and sometimes I felt sad and lonely at being left behind. One day I crept up to my mum and dad’s bedroom, and there on the dressing table was a beautiful doll, dressed with a pretty coloured dress shoes and socks. I remember gazing at her in wonder, just hoping that maybe this time she might be mine.
That is what I call longing,!
and it still brings tears to my eyes as I remember the feeling when it became obvious she would never be mine.
It’s not that I wasn’t loved, my parents truly cared and I had toys to play with, but I didn’t feel special, and I felt confused and anxious.!
We all have deep longings within our hearts. One of those longings is the desire to be loved and understood. Another is to be accepted even when we go through the trials of life. We long to be loved, not for what we do, or how smart we are, or
how attractive, or what we may be able to give to others, but just because we live and breathe and have our home in this world.
As an adult we continue to experience longings of the heart. One of the most important emotions is the sense of belonging. The family unit is a place where we should feel a sense of belonging. There is much brokenness in our family relationships today, from a variety of reasons, one being communication breakdown, misunderstandings and rejection.
There is an answer to the pain of a broken heart, a love that will heal the deepest wound, and bring joy again, and a new beginning. You can begin a new Chapter in the story of your life, and you can share your deepest longings with someone who will understand, and help you along the path of everyday life. We all have a deep hole inside of us that needs to be filled with God’s love. He knocks at our heart’s door, and if we will allow him to embrace our hurts and make us his child, we will experience a true sense of belonging.
This wonderful life changing event happened to me some years ago. I had come to the end of the road of doing things my own way, and my marriage had failed because my husband and I had no time for God, and we believed we could run our family without his help. I was wrong,we were never meant to live our lives independent of God. Now I know it takes living in obedience to the truth of God’s word, renewing our minds daily as we pray and study the Bible. Through the longings of the heart we have discovered the only way to enjoy peace and joy is to live the way God intended us to do. We know we have sinned in the past and turned away from God, but now through his great love Jesus has paid the price of our sin once and for all. He died and shed his own blood that we may be healed and set free to be the person God planned us to be.
I would like to invite my readers to e-mail me, to talk about this topic if this has raised some questions or revived a memory you would like to share.
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