Desire
"Desire is only toxic when we demand our desires be satisfied on our terms and in our timing." Emily P. Freeman, The Next Right Thing , p 88 This is something I have thought about often lately. "What do you want?" is a question I sometimes struggle to answer. I realize now that perhaps some of my hesitation in answering when someone asks me what I want is the erroneous idea that it's wrong to want things in the first place. Somewhere along the line, I learned that in order to be a truly good, spiritual Christian, I have to deny all my own desires. Taking up my cross and dying to self must demand that I erase all desire within myself. The problem with this is that it makes God out to be a cosmic killjoy who never wants me to enjoy anything. Or even a puppeteer who pulls strings in order to get me to do exactly what He wants. The Truth is, God delights in providing me with good things. He promises that as I delight myself in Him, He will give me the desires of
