Naming the restlessness: Audrey Assad

You have made us for Yourself, Oh God, and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in You.    St. Augustine

I’ve been listening to a lot of Audrey Assad lately. I’m captivated by her articulation of our hunger for God and how it comes out simply in worship. Here is a short of a conversation about the desire for a life of communion with God.

No time to watch Audrey share about her hunger for an underlying life of prayer? Here is her song Restless. For me it’s a search to live in His Presence.

Name your restlessness?  Is it a core longing?

• A safe and secure environment
• Constant reinforcement of personal worth
• Repeated messages that you are valued, unique and special
• Unconditional love and acceptance
• Basic care and nurture
• Encouragement to grow and develop personal gifts and talents
• A pathway to fellowship with God
• A sense of belonging
• Feeling useful and needed

When we experience anxiety, fear or anger, could it be a lack in what Terry Wardle calls a core longing?

When does it arise? Time of day? After a “trigger” event? During a season like Christmas?

Can you give a feeling to your restlessness? Try this chart here. Journal that.

Look for the patterns, and come into the Presence of God without a mask, ready to receive.