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\"\"Deepest Longings<\/h3>\n

Psychiatrist Gerald May who died in 2005 once stated: \u201cAfter 20 years of listening to the yearnings of people\u2019s hearts, I am convinced that Human beings have an inborn desire for God. Whether we are consciously religious or not, this longing is our deepest longing and most precious treasure.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the dark years of the Second World War, Russia was desperate for the English and Americans to open a second front in western Europe to relieve the pressure on the beleaguered forces of the Soviet Union. German Divisions had ravaged across Ukraine and Western Russia leaving a swath of devastation in their wake. When Operation Overlord commenced on June 6, 1944, Stalin was elated. He sent a telegram to Churchill with the brief but telling message: \u201cThank God!\u201d<\/p>\n

I found that almost comical- if it wasn\u2019t so tragic. Here the man who had murdered thousands- if not millions of his fellow countrymen for their belief in God- the man who had sought to eradicate Christianity from his nation and replace it with an atheistic ideology- in a moment of joy expressing gratitude to the One whom he professed was a figment of the imagination.<\/p>\n

Augustine once said, centuries ago- \u201cOur hearts are restless till they find their rest in Thee.\u201d This is truth my friend- Have you found your rest in Him? Cease from striving, come to Him the fountain of life- This is why He came, God in Flesh, to save us and quiet the raging of our restless, storm tossed hearts.<\/p>\n

Because of grace,
\nTim<\/p>\n

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