Still longing

I've never been to Heaven, yet I miss it. Eden's in my blood. The best things of life are souvenirs from Eden, appetizers of the New Earth. There's just enough of them to keep us going, but never enough to make us satisfied with the world as it is, or ourselves as we are. We live between Eden and the New Earth, pulled toward what we once were and what we yet will be....
Desire is a signpost pointing to Heaven. Every longing for better health is a longing for the New Earth. Every longing for romance is a longing for the ultimate romance with Christ. Every desire for intimacy is a desire for Christ. Every taste of joy is but a foretaste of a greater and more vibrant joy than can be found on Earth as it is now. A.W. Tozer said, "In nature, everything moves in the direction of its hungers. In the spiritual world it is not otherwise. We gravitate toward our inward longing, provided of course that those longings are strong enough to move us."
from Heaven, by Randy Alcorn

This seemed to fit into the spirit of Advent. Still longing for something unpurchasable, not found at the new lifestyle center, nor found when I have perfect health and sculpted abs (as if), or when I finally learn how to not sin (bigger as if). O Lord, may the greatest desires in my heart someday be related to You, and not the gifts You bestow.