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  CREATURES' COMFORT IS ONLY ON THE SURFACE
  by Meister Eckhart
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Summary: Meister Eckhart's sermon reveals that true comfort is found
solely in God, as earthly comforts are ultimately superficial and
inadequate.

Topics: "Gods Comfort", "Spiritual Satisfaction"
Scripture References: Psalm 16:11, Matthew 6:19, John 6:35, 2 Corinthians 1:3

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Meister Eckhart preaches about the incomparable perfection found in God,
where all perfections that are fragmented in creation are united. He
illustrates how earthly comforts, such as food, clothing, and
possessions, always come with limitations and never fully satisfy,
unlike the complete and unending comfort that God provides. God's
comfort is described as full, lacking nothing, and a gift that He is
compelled to give us until we have received all of Him.

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It is only in God that are collected and united all the perfections,
which in the creatures are sundered and divided.

If I had everything that I could desire, and my finger ached, I should
not have everything, for I should have a pain in my finger, and so long
as that remained, I should not enjoy full comfort. Bread is comfortable
for men, when they are hungry; but when they are thirsty, they find no
more comfort in bread than in a stone. So it is with clothes, they are
welcome to men, when they are cold; but when they are too hot, clothes
give them no comfort. And so it is with all the creatures. The comfort
which they promise is only on the surface, like froth, and it always
carries with it a want.

But God's comfort is clear and has nothing wanting: it is full and
complete, and God is constrained to give it thee, for He cannot cease
till He have given thee Himself.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/meister-eckhart/creatures-comfort-is-only-on-the-surface/
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