Day 26: I'm talking about realSEX, originally uploaded by perkyNbLue.- Take some time and write down the desires of your heart.
- Where do you see God fulfilling these desires?
- Which desires seem unfulfilled?
- Think of a time you truly and deeply desired something. How did it affect your thoughts, your feelings, and your actions?
- Have you ever pursued God in the same way?
- How might you ‘delight yourself’ in the Lord today?
"'Everything is permissible for me'—but not everything is beneficial” (Corinthians 6:23):
- What in your life is not beneficial?
- What "good" things in your life may not be beneficial at this time?
- What is something you can give up in order to open yourself up to God?
- What is your plan to do this?
- Who are you going to invite into this process?
God wills our deepest desires fulfilled.
There is no hide and seek here. God wants us completely satisfied.
However, as Dr. Jim Smith III often says, “This is simple, but not easy.” Bummer!
The honest person then asks, “Why can’t it be easy? If God wants me, and I’m made to want God, then why all the drama?”
C.S. Lewis once said, “…it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
- Which of these is your biggest obstacle to true fulfillment: drink, sex, ambition?
- How are these counterfeits to infinite joy?
Take out your calendar:
- Make a date with God.
- Go on a field trip (maybe even “a holiday at the sea”) and rediscover your first love.
[writings above are courtesy of Scott Wildey: here and here]
Gems:
randomness of monologues
clearing the air with teachers
using photoshop
reading for pleasure
swing dancing tonight
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