What I want: Lots of real estate sales and large paychecks.
What I want to want: Only the work and income that I can use to glorify God.
What I want: A gorgeous car with all the bells and whistles that is super fun to drive.
What I want to want: A safe, sensible, practical car that is not going to draw attention to me.
What I want: A one level home with a massive yard in a quiet community with not too much space, but that is aesthetically beautiful to me.
What I want to want: Whatever home, in whatever community that God can use my family to minister to our neighbors.
WIW: My friends to love and adore me.
WIWTW: My friends to love and adore Jesus.
WIW: More talents and gifts.
WIWTW: For God to use my current talents and gifts to serve Him and make others want to know Him personally.
WIW: To chase after my earthly desires, to satisfy MY flesh.
WIWTW: To chase after God alone, to satisy only Him.
**Please leave a comment, and if you are comfortable, tell me one thing you want vs. what you should want to want. Please don't be shy!
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Great post! Lots to ponder, here.
One thing I want: to be comfortable.
One thing I want to want: to take more risks for His Kingdom.
Hi, Melissa. First, responding to your post below: Happy birthday. 39's a very good age. My aunt celebrated her 39th for over 50 years!
And me? I tell everyone I'm 20. And get some "fun" looks in return. (I figured that working at Kennedy Space Center for a couple years should entitle me to count the way THEY do. You know, "32, 31, 30, 29, 28." With a few nice "holds" thrown in along the way.)
I think that, finally what I want, and want to want, have mostly come together. (Took a while.) Through lots of "stuff" (tough times) that God led my family and I through, we've come to care a lot about teaching people what the Bible says it means about "loving our neighbors" - and about finding ways to do it ourselves, even with very limited time and money. (Your Zimbabwe orphanage project is a wonderful example).
Best wishes,
Pete Ahlstrom
What I want: To get lots of recognition for my writing (and lots of blog comments).
What I want to want: To use my writing to glorify God and minister to others--with no concern for recognition.
Sometimes I think maybe I should stop blogging because I don't want it to build a sense of pride. But then sometimes I write an entry that really speaks to someone. This is something I really struggle with.
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