Journals, Journaling, and Diaries
I am currently working through the book Open the Door by Joyce Rupp. In it, each day you go through dialog about today's topic then journal and pray. Today's prayer and meditation brought me to the question "What is the deepest desire of your heart?"
I know what my answer is - greater internal peace. This is something hard to accomplish when the world around you is surrounded with melt down. I am working on this and will probably do so more as the months and years go on.
The question comes to mind. What is your deepest desire? It is the Christmas season. If you could have one and only one wish, what would it be? Don't be to quick with your answer because there can only be one item.
Interesting things are journals and diaries, ain't they? You can ponder just about anything for any length of time. Such as, what do you really want this holiday season.
I know what my answer is - greater internal peace. This is something hard to accomplish when the world around you is surrounded with melt down. I am working on this and will probably do so more as the months and years go on.
The question comes to mind. What is your deepest desire? It is the Christmas season. If you could have one and only one wish, what would it be? Don't be to quick with your answer because there can only be one item.
Interesting things are journals and diaries, ain't they? You can ponder just about anything for any length of time. Such as, what do you really want this holiday season.
My deepest desire? I have 2 desires.
One is to know God better. To be closer to Him and be the kind of person that when people see me, they will see Him in me. This last summer I did a bang up job of straying away from Him and I don't want to do that again. But I've been doing better now and I thank Him for bringing me to this point. This desire (to know God better and be a better Christian) will never go away.
My deepest desire and ONLY Christmas wish (and the one I've been struggling with the most) is to be a mother. I started to have a strong desire to be a mom a year ago. The more time has gone by, the stronger the desire gets. My struggle has not been over whether or not to be a mom. That's easy, I want to be a mother!
Pace. (Peace.)
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Thank you for your comment and I will pray for you and your husband.
I spend a lot of time in prayer and meditation - that is where I find the most peace. I ask for peace because my road to Christianity was such a rocky one. I am a newer Christian - I was baptized about 2 years ago. Before that my life was a mess!
Prayer and meditation has allowed me to look at the mess and try to forgive and try not to bring up old hurts and pains.
I will add you to my prayer list.
...Deb
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