Quiet Time Notes
Notes from my daily Quiet Times with GodDesire's Journey - The Dilemma of Desire
May 15th, 2010Previous | Next
We can not live without yearning, yet the yearning sets us up for disappointment
Because of its vulnerable nature, desire begins to feel like our worst enemy
Despair is the fate of the desiring soul - Sam Houston
Hope deferred make the heart sick - Proverbs 13:12
How awful it feels to open our hearts to joy, only to have grief come in
How do we live in a world with desire so deep in us and disappointment lurking behind every corner?
Are a few arrows, dare we even desire?
Do we refuse to love because we may hurt? possibility of pain?
Shutting down our hearts is to die altogether
Hope deferred make the heart sick... but when dreams come true, there is life and joy
Most of us have chosen to reduce our desire to a more manageable size
We allow it only in small doses:
- Dinner out
- Vacation
- A new ______
Key Phrase: We can not live without yearning, yet the yearning sets us up for disappointment
