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The Village: Feb 2, 2003
What do you want?
This is a scary question! It infers a great deal of responsibility. I think it’s tempting to want only insignificant or impossible things rather than considering and pursueing what we really want. For instance, if I want something and ask for it and things turn out badly as a result, I’m the one to blame.
Of course, when I think about Ashton, that looks a little different. I often ask her what she wants (usually within the bounds of 2 or 3 options at this point). And she happily answers. “Juice” or “milk” or “the princess dress.” And I’m glad to give her what she wants. Maybe God is, too.
This brings up the other bothersome aspect of telling Jesus what we want. If we pick one thing to want, the other options may shut down. The disciples chose time with the Christ. Their option of a happy-go-lucky lifetime ended shortly after that. But they did receive the meeting of their deepest desires.
So it’s a question worth asking. If we don’t, we may hide in our surface desires and neglect the reality of our true, soul-deep longings, never realizing that in shirking the responsibility of the request, we have also bypassed our own ultimate fulfilment.
Susan Cepin |
