Tim Mackie
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Appearances Over Time
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Yep.
Desire the things God has given you.
Maybe another way of not desiring is interrogate your desires.
I used that word, a word came to me, but kind of like get aggressive with them, like poke around.
Like, why do I think?
that having my neighbor's deck will make me happy.
Yeah, your desires are a signal.
They're a signal of something.
Interrogate your desires and let them take you on a journey to what it is you really want.
What is it you really want?
And if you had it, would that really be the end of your desire?
Or is it possible that the eye is never full of seeing and the ear is never full of hearing?
Yeah.
And that you'll never be done meeting that desire.
You know what I mean?
Totally.
Totally.
Here, let's listen to the wisdom of a theologian.
I found this quote actually in the book on the Ten Commandments by Patrick Miller that I have quoted throughout the series.
It's by a theologian ethicist, Reinhold Hutter, in an essay called Christian Freedom and God's Commandments.