Pleasantly selfish...

It's funny, I wrote this blog entry nearly exactly one year ago today. Well, 11 days difference.

And have been thinking about it recently...what I wrote on where I was one year ago. Well more of a reflection back on what I said and how God has really done a number on me since then. A topic of very interesting conversation. I still very much believe what I typed about and I think I understood the concept of the entry back then, but now I think I may be getting it.

The reason I say this is because of a number of "things" that have been happening in my life. I find these things that are happening in my life are great things, amazing things, dreams coming true, pieces falling into place, just a lot of really cool things happening...that I like, that I want.

Sounds good right?

Which brings me to the title of this entry.

But for whatever reason, I hope I'm not alone in this, it has been kind of ingrained in my head that things I like, want, yearn, desire, enjoy are clearly not what God wants. So you feel wrong, selfish, to want these things. To think that something, a broken sinful (saved by Grace) human being can have the same desires as the perfect God is borderline ridiculous. Then the idea is placed on my heart that, "Hey, I want this for you and for Me."

Whoa. That's crazy talk.

Same quote from old post, looked at with new eyes.

Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. Proverbs 16:3

New quote looked at with excited eyes...

You have granted him the desire of his heart and have not withheld the request of his lips. Psalm 21:2

So for now, I can smile and laugh and say that I am pleasantly selfish.