Don't Kill Desire, pt. 2

A few days ago, I wrote about the concept of killing desire in relation to overcoming habitual sin. If you haven't read part 1 head on over and take a look. This post will make a lot more sense. Or maybe not.

You all caught up? Good. Allow me to try to clarify why I don't think trying to kill desire is adequate for having us overcome habitual sin. Let's pretend that I struggle with being overweight. (If you know me, you know this isn't a problem, but for the sake of the analogy, let's pretend.) I understand that some people are obese due to medical or other perfectly legitimate issues, but let's say that I'm overweight simply because I love food. I love the way it smells, the way it tastes, the textures as I chew, the feeling of satisfaction that comes after eating. I love everything about food. Now let's say that I have decided that I need to lose weight, so I start a diet that removes unhealthy, processed foods from my normal eating cycle. After four weeks on said diet, I've lost 42 pounds and feel much better about myself, so I finish up that special diet and everything goes back to normal.

Don't Kill Desire, pt. 1

Hey guys, so this post could be a lot less structured than my typical posts. As I was walking to school the other day, I was praying and found myself wrestling with the concept of desire. Basically, what I’m planning on doing here, is revisiting those thoughts, beginning with the concept of desire and expanding outward from there as my thoughts lead.

edit: As I was writing, I found that this post is stemming from the idea of overcoming habitual sin. One teaching that I run up against often is to kill off bad desire. I don't think that's adequate, and this series of posts will, hopefully, explain why it's not and what I think we need to do about it. Although it's directly applicable to overcoming habitual sin, in a broader sense, it's applicable to enacting any major change in your life.

Updates and Thoughts on Prayer

It's been ages since I've written a blog. (Okay, okay, so it's been a month and a half). I've been busy, and writing and maintaining this blog has fallen on my priority list, unfortunately. I still have thoughts, but I always feel like I don't have the time to express them. I fear that I am too easily swept up in the meaningless and the mundane. I seek purpose in things that can't give me purpose. I ignore chances for excitement or even productivity for the dull and repetitive.

I have fallen behind in my 12 in 12 project, unfortunately. I will finish at least 12 books this year, but it won't be monthly, anymore. I feel like I've got more reading than I can keep up with because of school. Right now I'm about 2/3 done with  The Holiness of God by RC Sproul, and I'm slowly working through it. On to some other thoughts.