Getting your heart's desire

Finding your heart's desire is a life-long journey

 The psalmist says, "Trust in the Lord and do good. And he will grant you your heart's desire." (37)  This begs a question: do we really know what is our heart's desire? I think not. And I think that the search to find that desire is at the core of what drives our spiritual search in life.

It is the search to find that desire that pushes us to go beyond our comfort zone, take risks, dare to continue dreaming and never give up hope. It is the drive that keeps us dreaming our dreams. It is the fuel that does not let us be content with what is, but pushes us to continue to believe in the what if?


I truly believe that it is the search to find our heart's desire that is the pearl of great price, the treasure hidden in the field, the big catch at the wrong time of day that threatens to sink our little boat of "what is". It reminds us that our life is a journey, and that we should never stop seeking. It keeps us alive and energized, seeking truth and willing to make mistakes in our efforts to discover. The search is what deepens us as persons, and broadens us as spiritual beings. And just as the Divine Being is never done with creation, but continues to draw new out of old, so should we be.

For living life as a continued search requires trusting in the Lord. As as the psalm says, we will be granted our heart's desire.

Believe in your calling

I the Lord have called you for the victory of justice, I have grasped you by the hand; I formed you, and set you as a covenant of the people, a light for the nations, to open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from confinement and from the dungeon those who live in darkness. Isaiah 42:6-7


This quote is often used to describe the mission of Jesus. But we should realize, it is also addressed to each and every one of us. We are called forth to be witnesses, to release those held strong in some kind of bondage. How? But living out what we believe, simply and honestly.

We must not doubt the power of a life lived in genuine faithfulness. God walks this earth, often in our own hearts. We may never know the gift we might give a person on the brink of despair whose path we crossed, the one we stopped to chat with for a few moments and offer a bit of comfort or concern. But there are times when such acts offer that person a new light toward a different path.

It does happen.

Don't cheat your destiny. Go forward with trust and faith. You are being called to be a witness. Remember, God has you by the hand, and has great plans for you. Plans for your building up, not for your casting down. You can be an instrument of grace.