Finding Momentum

Through your own mer­ci­ful deal­ings with me, O Lord my God, tell me what you are to me. Say to my soul, I am your sal­va­tion. Say it so that I can hear it. My heart is lis­ten­ing, Lord; open the ears of my heart and say to my soul, I am your sal­va­tion. Let me run towards this voice and seize hold of you. Do not hide your face from me: let me die so that I may see it, for not to see it would be death to me indeed.

— St. Augus­tine, Con­fes­sions

What I love is that Augus­tine asks God to move toward him — Say to my soul, I am your sal­va­tion. I’m lis­ten­ing, he says, but I need you to speak it to me so it res­onates with my soul.