What do you want?

Earlier this evening, I heard some words in a song that got me to thinking. Well, actually, I was reading a good book, which started me thinking, and then, I heard the song. I don't know the singer of the song was, but he said something very interesting. He said that everybody wants to be loved. This struck as incredibly insightful. It is a true statement. Every person wants to be wanted. In fact, every person wants alot of things. Some people want power. Some want justice. Some want to be loved. Some want to love. Some just want the last piece of chocolate cake. Desires are innate to human experience, and they are, in and of themselves, good things for the most part. It is good to want things like justice and power and love and, yes, even chocolate cake. Desire was put in us to draw our attention to the Source and Fulfillment of such desires. We want justice because there is an ultimate source of Justice. Think about it. In this world, many things we consider injustices go unpunished. This is not justice. The bad guy is not supposed to get away with it. With this being the case, is it not odd that we desire such a thing as justice? Why desire justice if it doesn't always exist? The fact is that the desire to love justice comes from the Just One Himself. Desire, rightly aimed, is a wonderful gift of God, used by Him to draw us closer to knowing Him.

If you want to read a little more about this from a guy a lot smarter than me, click the link below.

The Argument from Desire