I was reading my bible this morning - well, not my bible per say because I was reading it online at oneplace.com - when i came across a passage in the Psalms that said to praise the Lord and not forget His benefits, "who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases....who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed."* I like that. He satisfies our desires with good things, not necessarily the things we desire. I don't always desire good things - sometimes I want a chocolate shake and fries, or a big piece of pie with whipped cream, or a towering pile of beignets, heavily dusted with powdered sugar, from Cafe Du Monde. (My mouth is watering at the very thought!) I truly doubt that there is anything on earth as tasty as a hepping pile of hot beignets, except maybe a good calzone! No, I do not always desire what is good for me, like celery - a totally useless vegetable in my opinion. It barely has any taste, and what taste it does have isn't even tasty!
It is a good thing I do not get the desires of my heart because I would probably be spherical - though I once heard of a philosopher that said that in heaven we will all be spherical because the sphere is the perfect shape! In the book of Luke, Jesus talks of how God gives good things, and of how if our earthly fathers who are imperfect give their kids good things, God will surely give with even more largess.** God is good to us - He fills our needs, He covers our shame, He pays our unpayable debts, He satisfies our desires. What more could we ask for? Powered sugar?*Psalm 130:2-5 **Luke 11:9-13
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What indeed.
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