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What Do You Desire Most

What is your greatest desire? What sets your heart on fire? What motivates you to action? What stirs your fiery passion? Stop for a moment and reflect On desires and their effects How they affect the way we act Their influence often trumps the facts We desire what we don’t own We crave and covet; groan and moan When our desires are unmet The blessings we have, we forget When we get what we desire Do we find that we require More things to quench and satisfy Our many wants that reach the sky? Our longings point us to the One Who did what no one could have done Who sacrificed His life for us Are our desires for Jesus? Do we desire God's kingdom? It's in Christ we find true freedom Freedom from chasing earthly things In Him, we find rest from longings What do you desire most? Is it in Jesus that you boast? Do you long to be more like Him? Does His love fill you to the brim?

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Elizabeth Kinch

Date: 3/12/2017 1:39:00 AM

Joanne this is such a fabulous write. I love the lines, "When our desires are unmet the blessings we have, we forget." I witness so many people who moan about their lives, when in reality they are forgetting their amazing blessings. A worthy 7 in my opinion.

Joanne Liaw
Date: 3/12/2017 8:33:00 AM

Thank you so much for your encouraging thoughts on this poem. Yes, sometimes we long so much for something that we do not have and that creates a blind spot for the many blessings that God has given to us.