Have you ever felt disconnect between what you feel you should want and what you truly do want? Most of us seem to experience this at one moment or another. We have our own desires, and then we have all the ones that have been handed down to us; through socialization, through stories, through the beliefs we have been told that we ought to have. Desires are finicky things, because there is what we long for and truly want, and then there is the surface level add-ons that have buried that other information. Discerning our true desires requires a process of being willing to dig through the layers of dirt until you find the hidden buried treasure underneath. This takes time and effort and energy. It can be easy to get tempted to give up. But the only way to ensure that you never build towards your true desires is to never search for them in the first place. And as you start to get close the process becomes quite exciting! It’s okay for desires to shift and for more to get unearthed over time. So many of us are afraid to dig into what our desires are because we don’t know and are afraid of getting it wrong. As we get it wrong though we are led steps forward towards getting it right and knowing what we truly do desire. Everyone had different needs and wants, and until you explore what yours are you will only ever be handed a fragmented version of someone else’s. I am convinced that our true desires will always be aligned with God’s will. See we fear the flesh so much because we think its desires are opposite of our spiritual longing. Yet in reality, the flesh leads us to try to meet real desires in temporary ways that can at times be quite damaging. It is like having a gaping wound across your arm and choosing to wrap a string around it rather than venture to the hospital and get a proper stitch. The string may hold the flaps of skin together, but it will also cut off circulation. It may have the potential to cut additional wounds in other areas of the skin. And it all to easily could tear off leaving the wound to fly back out unexpectedly. Our true inner desires are real and valid. The wound does need attention. The flesh simply influences us to give it an unhelpful form of attention. What are your true inner desires? And how is your mind or flesh offering a false solution trying to convince you that it is the way forward when its not? Suppressing it or avoiding thinking it through only means the true inner desire gets left behind as well. Explore it. What true want is your temporary shadow of a want and desire actually covering over??? What is a healthy way to work towards the true desire or want? Unsure what steps to take to start that excavation process? Reach out for a free 30 minuet strategy session today to find out how our services can help you along that journey. Email [email protected] or phone 705-206-6786 because you deserve your wound to be properly bound.
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