Quotes about Craving

I believe God made us to crave. Now before you think this is some sort of cruel joke by God, let me assure you that the object of our craving was never supposed to be food or other things people find themselves consumed by, such as sex or money or chasing after significance.

We were made to crave— long for, want greatly, desire eagerly, and beg for— God. Only God.

God made us to crave so we'd always desire more of Him.

God seems far away and French fries are right around the corner at the drive-thru.

And worst of all, I did not feel held safe. Girls who have the lingering whispers of rejection still echoing in the hollows of their soul rarely feel completely held safe. So they look at gaps of the unknown and hesitate at best. Run away at worst. They crave for life to make sense. They cringe when it doesn't. It

I had to get honest enough to admit it: I relied on food more than I relied on God. I craved food more than I craved God. Food was my comfort. Food was my reward. Food was my joy. Food was what I turned to in times of stress, sadness, and even in times of happiness.

God never intended for us to want anything more than we want Him.

God made us capable of craving so that we'd have an unquenchable desire for more of Him, and Him alone. Nothing changes until we make the choice to redirect our misguided cravings to the only One capable of satisfying them.

When we taste something that we think is good, our longings cease to ache, for a minute, but later we find ourselves empty once more, needing to be filled again and again.

You are to me an object so intensely desirable that the air I breathe in a room empty of you is unhealthy

The air I breathe in a room empty of you is unhealthy.

The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.