Blessed Hunger And Thirst
Sermon
by Alex Gondola

Matthew 5:6; John 6:35

Maybe you've seen this commercial. It aired frequently during the holidays. As I remember it, the commercial went something like this. A thirty-something-year-old woman with stylish short red hair is seated in an expensive restaurant. The woman is well dressed, well to do, well kept and attractive. The camera focuses on her face close up as she talks to an unseen friend sitting across the table. "Jack got another promotion. He's really doing well," she says flatly. There's a pause. She continues, "And the kids ... the kids are great." Another pause: "Did I tell you Jack got another promotion?" Then sheepishly, "I guess I did." During the pauses there are flashes of the same woman, home alone, a drink in her hand, crying. She concludes, almost with a sob, "Everything…

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