Longings

There's a constant ache and longing within my heart.
It rises and falls like the surging sea, sometimes threatening to wash me ashore.
Most times I find it blowing through my being like a soft summer breeze.
Regardless of how it comes to me, escape is futile, and I'm at it's mercy.
My maker, the lover of my soul, has placed this ache and longing within me.
He's made sure that nothing in this life will satisfy the depth of my hearts desire.
I'm learning to recognize and validate both the soft breeze of longing and the surging heart ache.
To count it a blessing and embrace it as friend.
It is God's mark upon my soul.