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While on a road trip to Iowa with my family, I read Get Out of that Pit by Beth Moore. Here are some good thoughts from the book:
"One of the biggest mistakes that we could ever make is to assume that passionate desire is wrong, and that the goal for godly people is not to feel.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  We were created out of holy passion for holy passion.  So perfectly fitted for passion are we that we will find it one way or another.  If we don't find it in Christ, we'll find it in things like lust, anger, rage, and greed."
"Each of us will ultimately do what we want to do."
"Like Adam and Eve, we let the enemy taunt us into believing God is holding out on us.  Our drive for the proverbial forbidden fruit is our innate belief that what we are denied is exactly what we want most."
But the Bible says that what we want is God:  "O God, Thou art my God; I shall seek Thee earnestly; my soul thirsts for Thee, my flesh yearns for Thee.....Because Thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips will praise Thee.....My soul is satisfied" (Psalm 63:1-3).  In Hosea 11:4, God says, "I drew them with gentle cords, with bands of love."  Maybe Chris Rice was thinking of this verse when he wrote this phrase:  "My heart's held hostage by this love" ("Deep Enough to Dream").
Augustine said, "Our hearts are restless until they find their rest in Thee."  I believe that the human heart is made for falling in love with Jesus, and there is no other way to satisfy its longing.  Makes me think of that song, "Hopelessly Devoted" that Olivia Newton John sang.  And ladies, Jesus is much more exciting than John Travolta.
Jesus Love-of-Our-Life,
Please let us know Your love that is better than life.