UNSPEAKABLE

It is amazing the things we can see as black or white when the mood strikes. I was wading through this one section at this writer's site where I participate and a person was dealing with the issue of desires.

Somewhere in their thinking the person concluded that it was a sin to have desires and that being a Christian means you should be able to control them. Which included avoiding them altogether.

That didn't work for me at all. I see desires as God's implant into our lives that is suppose to have a positive outlet. For example, if we didn't have a desire to eat and never did how long would we survive?

I think the answer to that question is obvious. So the problem isn't with having such passions, it is how we choose to satisfy them.

I think God, being God and having given us such cravings also provided a way for them to be satisfied. One that would fulfill the need in a positive way.

But too often Satan is able to corrupt what is natural and lures us into some mutation of what is intended. Oh it can truly feel so great to images that satisfaction in such forms, but the problem is they never end up satisfying in the long run.

However when our minds and hearts on fire we aren't thinking that clearly. That burning deep inside just so flames and blinds us we can focus.

So we surrender to the moment if the occasion arises. And the problem is for those who have seduced themselves into thinking they have controlled such desires when in reality they haven't had an opportunity to vent the need.

Absent that reality so often the illusion prevails. One savors the myth of being in control and able to be above it all.

Which works till the moment an opportunity does present itself. Then all the claims of will power we use to build our ivory towers fades and they crumble.

When that happens the problem is can one cope with the failure and accept we are human. That is an issue some never do accept.

So they just end up lying about it and pretending it all doesn't matter. Which only makes the illusion worse.

For those of us that accept we are imperfect and have desires it is easier to simply try to listen to the Lord in that regard. We don't waste time making excuses for being less than perfect.
Maybe along the way we discover what the truth is too about grace and forgiveness.