I’m so tired and in need of refreshment right now, that instead of hiding under the covers (which is what I should be doing), I read Edwards’ sermon, Safety, Fullness, and Sweet Refreshment in Christ. I’m desperate. I’m a partaker of the human condition, and I’m admitting that I’m in search of happiness. To me, happiness is:

  • Babies that sleep through the night
  • HTML that works
  • Finding a good parking space in the ninth month
  • Cilantro, Cinnamon, and Celtic (not together)
  • The Anne of Green Gables music CD

    Yeah, I’m a cheap date. I’ve aimed pretty low, so I should not be surprised when I’m rewarded with the object of my affection. So, when I got to point II of Edwards’ sermon–”There is in Christ provision for the satisfaction, and full contentment, of the needy and thirsty soul”—my brain perked up.

    Edwards’ makes the point that man’s natural condition thirsts for happiness and satisfaction: “Every creature is restless till it enjoys what is equal to the capacity of its nature.” And in Jesus Christ, there is provision for the full satisfaction of those who are thirsty. The reason our souls are empty and left wanting is because we’re “lookin’ for love in all the wrong places.”

    Guilty as charged. And I’ll be guilty tomorrow even though I’m writing this today.

    It is said that Christ is a river of water, because there is such a fullness in him, so plentiful a provision for the satisfaction of the needy and longing soul. When one is extremely thirsty, though it is not a small draught of water will satisfy him, yet when he comes to a river, he finds a fullness, there he may drink full draughts. Christ is like a river, in that he has a sufficiency not only for one thirsty soul, but by supplying him the fountain is not lessened; there is not the less afforded to those who come afterwards. A thirsty man does not sensibly lessen a river by quenching his thirst.

    This means that his sufficiency knows no end. So, today I ponder Jesus Christ: sufficient for life, sufficient for happiness, and…sufficient for mamas when Baby Energizer doesn’t sleep through the night.