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 There's an old saying that the Bible is not a human book about God.

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 It's God's book about what it is to be human.

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 One of the reasons why I find the Bible in general, and the words of Jesus in particular,

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 so compelling, has to do with the way in which they describe and put their finger on what it is to be a human being.

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 I think that's exemplified here in the words of Jesus, as he says something that is as simple as it is profound,

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 and it is a universal truth.

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 As human beings, we are spiritually hungry.

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 There is something within us that is restless.

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 Something within us that is not satisfied, that is not content, that is hungry,

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 and that can only be met by Jesus himself, the bread of life.

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 The thing is, is that when we get hungry, we eat food, but then eventually we become hungry again.

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 Confession time.

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 I absolutely love Indian food.

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 That's not the confession bit.

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 The confession bit is that you put me at a table where there is Indian food set out,

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 whether that's a restaurant or whether that's a takeaway.

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 I won't leave that table until it's gone.

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 I'm that bloke at the end of the meal when everybody else is sat back and they cannot possibly eat anymore.

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 I can't bear to leave the table and I will reach over and say,

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 pointing out the last, I don't know, remaining boona or half onion barji,

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 you're going to finish that.

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 And it seems that no matter how many times this happens, I don't learn from that experience

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 that there's a reason why everybody else has stopped eating.

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 And the times that I've lost count of the times when I've insisted that I will clear the last bit

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 and then minutes later I'm regretting what I've done.

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 And it's painful.

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 And then try and get up from the table and within moments realising how silly I have become.

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 And it's at those moments when we have eaten to the point where we are literally about to burst,

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 where it's painful, it seems impossible to imagine ever being hungry again.

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 Yet we are.

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 And that is a universal principle that we may eat, no matter how much we may fill ourselves,

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 eventually hunger returns.

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 When Jesus refers to himself as the bread of life,

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 he is putting his finger on something that is fundamentally true of what it is to be a human being.

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 He is not talking about the physical sense of hunger that I've just described,

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 but that deep spiritual yearning to be satisfied.

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 You see, there is a God-shaped hole in every human heart.

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 And we can try and fill that God-shaped hole with all sorts of things other than God.

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 And for a while we might feel that we've actually satisfied ourselves,

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 but sooner or later that spiritual hunger will re-manifest itself.

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 The thing is, is that we're surrounded by the message all the time,

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 that however much you've got, you need more.

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 In some ways our culture is a culture of continual dissatisfaction.

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 Advertising depends on making us feel unsatisfied.

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 If only you have this thing that you currently haven't got, then you will be satisfied.

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 But of course the moment comes when we actually feel satisfied,

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 then anybody trying to advertise can no longer advertise.

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 So therefore we're hit with the message all of the time.

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 That old saying, the grass is greener on the other side.

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 I read about somebody that tried to literally test out why that was.

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 They could never understand why their next door neighbour's lawn always looked better than theirs.

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 It always somehow looked healthier, brighter, less weeds.

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 And one day they couldn't hold back anymore.

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 So they actually managed to sneak in an invitation next door.

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 They went round for coffee.

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 And whilst they were sat in the garden,

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 their next door neighbour popped inside of the kitchen to get something.

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 So at that point, they went and had a closer look at the lawn.

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 They think, what is going on here?

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 And actually couldn't see anything that special about it at all.

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 They then looked over the fence back to their own garden

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 and thought, hang on a second, my grass looks so much better than theirs.

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 And they couldn't work out why this was.

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 So they wrote into this magazine, I can't remember which one it was,

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 to this columnist and explained the problem.

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 And the columnist said this,

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 grass always looks greener on the other side

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 because you're not close enough to see the dirt and the imperfections.

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 You see, the reality is, the closer we get to anything,

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 and indeed anyone,

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 then the closer we become to those imperfections.

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 And we can try to fill our lives with all sorts of things,

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 but that God-shaped hole will always remain.

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 And whilst we may need to be satisfied in other areas of our lives,

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 none of them will ever substitute that one thing that we need.

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 You know, we can say that of ambition.

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 If only I can accomplish this or that or whatever,

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 then that'll be it.

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 It's a story about somebody who, all his life,

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 he wanted to be a pilot, wanted to fly planes.

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 Eventually, he grew up, he was able to realise that dream.

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 He trains to be a pilot.

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 And after he'd been a pilot for about 10 years,

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 he's flying a plane over this,

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 it was a regular trip that he made across particular mountains.

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 And he always seemed to be working with a particular co-pilot.

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 One day, the co-pilot said to him,

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 he said,

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 I noticed that every time we pass over this particular spot of the flight,

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 you happen to look down at a particular stream.

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 And you've always got a look on your face that I can't understand,

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 but you always look down wistfully, longingly.

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 What's going on?

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 The pilot looked at him and said,

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 well, you're right, actually,

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 I do always look past, look down at that spot.

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 He said, because down below us at that spot,

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 there's a stream and there's a rock on that stream.

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 And when I was a boy,

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 I used to go there and I used to fish.

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 And I just longed to be a pilot.

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 And every time a plane came over,

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 I would look up and just long,

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 one day,

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 I might fly planes.

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 I've been doing this now for over 10 years.

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 The thing is,

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 every time I fly over that spot,

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 I look down,

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 I see the forest,

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 I see the stream,

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 I see the rock.

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 And I just longed to sit on that rock and fish.

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 See, ambition is important.

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 We need to be driven by things.

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 But if we think that we can fill that God-shaped hole with ambition,

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 we're kidding ourselves.

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 And of course,

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 the closer we get to that ambition

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 and live with that ambition fulfilled,

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 the closer we see it to imperfections as well.

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 There is a God-shaped hole in every life that only God can fill.

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 We can try to fill it, of course,

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 with money,

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 with possessions.

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 There's a story about an ancient Persian farmer.

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 And he was extremely wealthy.

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 He had vast amount of land.

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 Crops, grains, livestock.

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 He had vineyards.

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 There was everything he had.

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 Or so he thought.

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 So one day,

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 he was hosting a guest.

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 And the guest said to him,

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 do you know about diamonds?

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 He went on to tell him about,

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 if you really wanted to be wealthy,

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 you needed to own diamond mines.

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 For the first time in his life,

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 that farmer went to bed that night poor.

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 He hadn't lost anything,

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 except internally.

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 All he could think about was not what he had,

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 but what he didn't have.

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 He couldn't get diamonds out of his head.

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 Eventually,

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 he decided he was not going to be satisfied

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 until he had a diamond mine.

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 He sold his farm.

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 And with his fortune,

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 he went travelling

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 in search of a diamond mine.

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 As he travelled the world,

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 he couldn't find any suitable land

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 with such a mine.

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 Eventually,

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 after a long, long time,

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 he spent everything he had.

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 And he died

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 a broken,

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 frustrated,

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 disappointed,

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 and in fact,

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 impoverished man.

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 Several years passed,

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 and one day,

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 the man who had bought

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 the farm off him

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 was leading his camel

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 through a field

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 to a stream one day.

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 As the camel

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 was being watered,

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 so there was something shiny.

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 He just caught the shimmer of light.

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 The farmer looked down,

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 and among the rocks,

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 he found a diamond.

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 And it turned out

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 that there,

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 right in the heart of that estate,

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 was an enormous,

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 rich supply

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 of diamonds.

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 The thing is,

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 the one thing

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 that that man was searching,

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 he was actually there

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 all along.

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 But it doesn't matter

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 how much stuff

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 surrounds us,

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 as long as that

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 lack of satisfaction

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 exists within us,

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 we're impoverished.

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 There is a God-shaped hole

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 in every heart

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 that neither ambition

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 nor wealth

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 will ever fill.

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 And so we might try

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 and fill that hole

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 with relationships.

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 Relationships

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 are important.

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 You know,

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 we long,

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 we need,

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 as human beings,

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 to flourish as human beings.

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 We need to love

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 and to be loved.

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 Whether we are talking

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 about marriage

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 or whether we're talking

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 about family life,

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 whether we are talking

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 about friends,

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 whatever it is,

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 whatever form it takes,

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 we need that connection,

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 that love

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 with other human beings.

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 But we,

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 we fool ourselves

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 even there

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 if we think

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 that that itself,

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 as vital as it is,

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 will ultimately

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 fill that God-shaped hole.

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 Why?

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 Because no human relationship,

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 no matter how wonderful it is,

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 will ever be perfect.

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 And that's not because

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 relationships

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 don't matter,

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 of course they do,

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 but it is because

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 no human being

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 is perfect.

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 And because no human being

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 is perfect,

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 then no human relationship,

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 no matter how wonderful it is,

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 can ever quite

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 be perfect.

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 And again,

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 come back to that analogy

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 with the grass,

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 the closer we become

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 to those that we love,

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 the more we are exposed

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 to those imperfections.

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 Perhaps that is why,

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 that those that we are

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 most likely as human beings

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 to argue with

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 most and most openly

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 are those that we love most.

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 But no matter how amazing

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 a relationship will be,

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 it will never be perfect.

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 There's a story about a couple

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 who have been married

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 for over 50 years.

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 They were,

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 by a notch,

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 pretty happy.

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 In fact,

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 they were very happy.

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 They really did love

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 one another.

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 However,

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 he was a very quiet man,

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 a very quiet husband,

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 and one of the things

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 that frustrated his wife

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 was that,

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 as amazing as their marriage was,

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 he never really

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 told her,

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 verbalised,

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 that he loved her.

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 One day,

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 one day she decided

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 to corner him on this,

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 and she said,

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 look,

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 I'm not unhappy,

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 but it would bring me

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 so much more happiness

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 if you could just tell me

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 that you loved me.

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 Well,

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 there was a long pause.

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 He was a quiet man.

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 And he said,

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 nothing.

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 But she knew he was thinking.

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 So she waited,

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 and she waited,

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 and she waited,

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 and she waited.

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 And eventually,

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 after a very long,

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 very thoughtful breath,

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 he said this,

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 on the day that we got married

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 and we went into the church

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 and we made our vows,

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 our promises,

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 in front of the congregation

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 and in front of the minister,

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 he said,

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 do you remember

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 how through those words

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 that we said,

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 I told you

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 that I loved you?

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 She said,

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 yes,

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 I do remember that.

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 Long pause.

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 He said,

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 if that ever changes,

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 I'll let you know.

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 No matter how much love

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 there is

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 in a relationship,

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 whether we're talking marriage,

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 whether we're talking a family,

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 whether we're talking friends,

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 and it's all important,

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 it's never going to be perfect.

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 And that's realistic

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 because we're not perfect

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 as human beings.

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 No one is.

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 You know,

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 it's important

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 that we do fill our lives

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 with love and relationships

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 in the same way

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 that ambition matters

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 and, of course,

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 financial security

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 is important.

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 But none of those things

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 will ever fill

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 that God-shaped hole.

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 And so,

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 we turn to

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 what we might call

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 religion.

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 You know,

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 wherever you go

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 in the world,

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 at any time in history,

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 in any culture,

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 any place,

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 there will always be religion

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 or spirituality

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 of some kind.

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 We see it in art,

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 we see it in music,

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 we see it in the way

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 we live our lives.

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 but even religion

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 as that human activity

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 by which we try

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 to connect

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 with the divine,

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 the spiritual,

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 whatever we call it,

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 that sense of innate

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 human reality

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 by which we reach out

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 and we aspire to higher,

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 greater, bigger things,

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 deeper things.

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 We may not even believe

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 in God,

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 but somehow we have

00:16:22.219 --> 00:16:23.740
 that sense of the spiritual

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 and we try to connect

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 with it,

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 whether that's through

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 saying prayers,

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 whether it's through music,

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 whether it's through

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 kneeling or standing

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 or closing our eyes

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 or opening them,

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 covering our heads,

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 uncovering our heads,

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 whether it's through the clothes

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 that we put on

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 at a particular point,

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 whether it's through

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 ceremonies that we engage in,

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 whether it's through

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 rituals that we practice,

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 whether it's through

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 coming to a place

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 of worship,

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 whether it's in our own home,

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 whether it is in the name

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 of an institutionalised religion

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 or whether it is something

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 that is very,

00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:54.620
 very informal.

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 Whatever it may be,

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 those things may matter to us,

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 but they will not

00:17:00.259 --> 00:17:01.539
 in themselves

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 fill that God-shaped hole.

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 Why?

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 Because they're human.

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 And the only thing,

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 the only one

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 that will ever

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 fill

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 that God-shaped hole

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 is Jesus Christ.

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 No matter how much effort

00:17:26.820 --> 00:17:28.020
 we may put into it,

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 no matter how hard we try,

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 only he will satisfy,

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 which is why he says,

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 I,

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 I am the bread

00:17:42.380 --> 00:17:44.220
 of life.

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 And only when you come to me

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 will you never be hungry.

00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:55.840
 C.S. Lewis

00:17:55.840 --> 00:17:58.680
 said this,

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 or wrote this,

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 in Pilgrim's Regress.

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 Listen really carefully

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 because these words

00:18:06.539 --> 00:18:08.460
 can very easily pass by.

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 Lewis said this,

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 what does not

00:18:14.120 --> 00:18:15.039
 satisfy

00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:17.620
 when we find it

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 was not the thing

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 that we were looking for.

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 Think about that.

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 what does not satisfy

00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:35.319
 when we find it

00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:38.299
 was not the thing

00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:39.500
 that we were looking for.

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 We may have thought it was,

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 but no.

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 At the very depth

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 of our being,

00:18:49.859 --> 00:18:50.699
 we are all,

00:18:50.699 --> 00:18:51.899
 all searching

00:18:51.899 --> 00:18:53.699
 for just one thing.

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 Only one thing.

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 other things may be important,

00:18:58.500 --> 00:19:00.500
 but there is only one thing

00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:03.779
 that can fill

00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:04.799
 that God

00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:05.759
 shaped

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.700
 hole.

00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:10.160
 Jesus said,

00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:12.860
 I am the bread

00:19:12.860 --> 00:19:13.420
 of life.

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 He is saying this

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 just after he's fed

00:19:17.660 --> 00:19:18.980
 on the previous day

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 5,000 odd people

00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:21.079
 with bread and fish,

00:19:21.360 --> 00:19:22.000
 a few bits of,

00:19:22.380 --> 00:19:23.380
 and walked on water

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 and brought people

00:19:24.120 --> 00:19:25.720
 back from a storm.

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 And understandably,

00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:28.900
 people are searching

00:19:28.900 --> 00:19:29.579
 after him,

00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:30.440
 wanting to hear

00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:31.500
 what he has to say.

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 But they're wrapped up

00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:34.240
 on the things

00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:34.819
 that he's done

00:19:34.819 --> 00:19:35.539
 in the signs

00:19:35.539 --> 00:19:38.160
 that he has worked,

00:19:38.420 --> 00:19:38.980
 the miracles.

00:19:39.640 --> 00:19:40.579
 And the word sign

00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:42.159
 is a recurring theme

00:19:42.159 --> 00:19:43.259
 in John's Gospel.

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 When we read

00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:45.079
 about the miracles,

00:19:45.379 --> 00:19:46.199
 the things

00:19:46.199 --> 00:19:47.000
 that Jesus does,

00:19:47.139 --> 00:19:48.599
 whether he's walking

00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:49.019
 on water,

00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:49.759
 whether he's feeding

00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:50.759
 5,000 people,

00:19:50.899 --> 00:19:51.559
 whether he's healing

00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:51.919
 somebody,

00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:52.659
 whether he's raising

00:19:52.659 --> 00:19:53.039
 the dead,

00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:54.099
 the word that John

00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:55.099
 uses over and over

00:19:55.099 --> 00:19:56.179
 again is a sign.

00:19:56.679 --> 00:19:57.319
 Now a sign

00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:57.859
 is something

00:19:57.859 --> 00:19:58.500
 that points

00:19:58.500 --> 00:19:59.579
 beyond itself.

00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:01.759
 The miracle itself

00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.899
 is amazing,

00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:05.639
 but it always

00:20:05.639 --> 00:20:07.339
 points beyond itself

00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:08.199
 to a greater,

00:20:08.439 --> 00:20:09.220
 deeper reality.

00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:09.899
 You know,

00:20:09.900 --> 00:20:10.620
 there is an old

00:20:10.620 --> 00:20:11.700
 ancient Buddhist

00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:13.580
 proverb that says

00:20:13.580 --> 00:20:14.700
 that when the finger

00:20:14.700 --> 00:20:15.960
 points to the moon,

00:20:16.620 --> 00:20:17.820
 the fool looks

00:20:17.820 --> 00:20:18.800
 at the finger.

00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:24.759
 When we see

00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:26.920
 our own hunger,

00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:28.800
 when we see

00:20:28.800 --> 00:20:29.800
 our own

00:20:29.800 --> 00:20:32.019
 dissatisfaction,

00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.480
 when we see

00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:34.280
 that yearning

00:20:34.280 --> 00:20:35.220
 within ourselves,

00:20:35.340 --> 00:20:36.340
 whether it is expressed

00:20:36.340 --> 00:20:37.160
 through anxiety,

00:20:37.340 --> 00:20:38.040
 through frustration,

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:39.240
 through dissatisfaction,

00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:40.160
 through discontent,

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.799
 whatever it may be,

00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:42.859
 more positively

00:20:42.859 --> 00:20:44.279
 when it is expressed

00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:45.240
 through expectation,

00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:46.059
 through anticipation

00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:47.079
 and through hope,

00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:48.319
 or whether negatively

00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:49.019
 through fear

00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:49.799
 and through worry,

00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:51.359
 whatever it may be,

00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:54.079
 let's harness that

00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:57.480
 and let's look at the direction

00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:58.519
 in which it points

00:20:58.519 --> 00:21:01.259
 to the one

00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:03.639
 and the only one

00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:05.619
 who can ever

00:21:05.619 --> 00:21:06.699
 truly

00:21:06.699 --> 00:21:07.619
 fill

00:21:07.619 --> 00:21:08.659
 that God

00:21:08.659 --> 00:21:09.639
 shaped

00:21:09.639 --> 00:21:10.519
 hole.

00:21:12.439 --> 00:21:13.519
 Let's pray together

00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:14.919
 as we do that right now.

00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:21.140
 in the stillness

00:21:21.140 --> 00:21:21.920
 of this moment,

00:21:22.080 --> 00:21:22.800
 let's just

00:21:22.800 --> 00:21:23.900
 spend some time

00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:24.920
 reflecting on

00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:26.600
 whatever it is

00:21:26.600 --> 00:21:27.400
 that represents

00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:28.660
 that yearning

00:21:28.660 --> 00:21:29.900
 for us right now.

00:21:30.900 --> 00:21:32.160
 Whether it be

00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:34.000
 worry over something

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:35.019
 that lies ahead,

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:38.300
 whether it's a sense

00:21:38.300 --> 00:21:38.779
 of

00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:39.920
 dissatisfaction

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:41.940
 or disappointment

00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:44.960
 right now,

00:21:45.340 --> 00:21:46.140
 whether it's a sense

00:21:46.140 --> 00:21:47.100
 of frustration,

00:21:49.100 --> 00:21:52.000
 allow that thing

00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:52.779
 to point

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:53.880
 to Jesus

00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:55.340
 as the one

00:21:55.340 --> 00:21:55.880
 who says,

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.700
 come to me

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:59.100
 for I am

00:21:59.100 --> 00:22:00.080
 the bread of life.

00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:08.419
 Lord Jesus,

00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:09.859
 we thank you

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:12.000
 that you

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.919
 come to us

00:22:12.919 --> 00:22:13.659
 and that you

00:22:13.659 --> 00:22:14.399
 meet us

00:22:14.399 --> 00:22:15.659
 in our place

00:22:15.659 --> 00:22:17.339
 of spiritual hunger,

00:22:17.679 --> 00:22:18.539
 in the searching,

00:22:18.859 --> 00:22:19.519
 in the yearning,

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.720
 in the questioning,

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.699
 in the craving,

00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:23.859
 in a way

00:22:23.859 --> 00:22:24.399
 that perhaps

00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:25.639
 most of the time

00:22:25.639 --> 00:22:26.220
 we tend

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:27.259
 not to recognise

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:28.079
 or to pay

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:29.359
 much attention to.

00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:31.099
 But you

00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:31.839
 are there

00:22:31.839 --> 00:22:33.059
 and you

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:33.539
 are there

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.159
 as the one

00:22:34.159 --> 00:22:34.759
 who can

00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:35.279
 and will

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:35.839
 and does

00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:36.579
 fill that

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:37.359
 God-shaped

00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:37.879
 hole.

00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:41.000
 Lord,

00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:41.519
 we pray

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:42.439
 that right now

00:22:42.439 --> 00:22:43.859
 and each day

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:44.819
 in these coming

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.399
 days,

00:22:46.439 --> 00:22:47.319
 whenever we

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:48.399
 sense any

00:22:48.399 --> 00:22:49.500
 kind of yearning

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.599
 for anything,

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.599
 that that yearning

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.319
 would point us

00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:54.839
 to you.

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.699
 so Lord,

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.399
 feed us

00:23:01.399 --> 00:23:03.359
 now,

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.419
 each day

00:23:05.419 --> 00:23:06.119
 of our lives

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:08.019
 and through

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.839
 all eternity.

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.519
 In your name,

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.659
 Amen.