As spiritual people, our desire isn't a thing to overcome. Our being is one big mass of desire. Desires can help bring deep meaning to our lives. They can also feel like nothing more than turbulence and deep distraction. And most of the time those starkly different expressions of desire are two sides to the same coin.
When our desires feel chaotic and at war against us we speed down a road of self-destruction. And when the desires of our bodies, minds, and heart feel in alignment with one another this feels like Shalom.
Desire by itself isn't wicked, but when desire is distorted and disordered it certainly feels that way. In this social media era, we are forced to ask how much of our desires are even our own. When we peruse the social media feeds, how much of our true desire do we suppress while borrowing the desires of another.
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