Chapter 4 of Trevor Hudson's book 'Seeking God' really resonated with me. His Toolkit for Discerning Desires is something I need to spend some time with. I think this could be the most helpful chapter in the book for me personally (so far).
There is so much I could put down here... but I'm just going to leave this one paragraph from p. 74:
"When we are out of tune with what matters most to us, the opposite happens (to knowing what we're here for). The streams of God's compassion no longer flow in and through us as strongly as they could. We feel more dead than alive, and we drift aimlessly through life. Our lives shrivel up; we do not communicate life to others; and our faith seems bleak and barren. We wonder what creative difference we make in our world."
That has described me to a T these past several years. Granted, some of that has been grief and scarring, but mostly it has been me wandering away from what matters most to me (losing touch with my deepest desires). I have let lesser desires rule my life, and I'm kind of getting tired of that.
I am really, really liking this book. I think I'll be sad when it's over, but hopefully I will be in a better place.
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