"Where I found truth, there I found my God, the Truth itself, which since I learnt, I have not forgotten.....Too late I loved Thee, O Thou Beauty of ancient days, yet ever new! Too late I loved Thee! And behold, Thou wert within, and I abroad, and there I searched for Thee....Thou callest, and shoutest and burstest my deafness. Thou flashest, shonest, and scatterest my blindness. Thou breathest odors, and I draw in breath and pant for Thee. I tasted, and hunger and thirst. Thou touchest me, and I burned for Thy peace." Confessions-St. Augustine
If God came to you and told you(as He did to Solomon) that He would give you the desire of your heart, what would your response be? I know what my current answer is. It was the first thing that came into my head, because it has been on my mind a lot lately. My desire is that I no longer grieve the heart of God. I wonder, though, if this is an impossible desire. We know that Christ was the only perfect human. At first, I thought that maybe I should choose something else. But then I remembered Who had told me(theoretically) that He would give the desire of my heart. And I think that though it is impossible for me to be perfect while on earth, He will be honored if I truly walk with the intent of bringing joy to His heart and not grief.
6 comments:
Sounds like a sermon I heard recently... ;-)
Yeah...sounds familiar! That's an honorable desire that I know He would love to give you. I'm still thinking about what my answer would be.
Yep, I didn't feel like going into explanation of where the thought had come from, but I really enjoyed what he had to say. =-)
I love the quote! So glad you're starting this, and what good thoughts to start off with!
You might want to add Feed Burner so that you can help the untechnical ones subscribe to get this by email. :-)
Definitely a good idea. I just don't have it all figured out myself! =-) I'll be asking you questions, I'm sure.
I just emailed you. Ask away! I have fun with this. :-)
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