but the sword cuts both ways.
while our heart grows in its capacity for pleasure,
it grows in its capacity to know pain.
the two go hand in hand.
what, then, shall we do with disappointment?
we can be our own enemy,
depending on how we handle the heartache that comes with desire.
to want is to suffer; the word passion means to suffer.
that is why many Christians are reluctant to listen to their hearts.
they know that their dullness is keeping them from feeling the pain of life.
many of us have chosen simply not to want so much; it's safer that way.
it's also godless. that's stoicism, not Christianity.
sanctification is an awakening,
the rousing of our souls from the dead sleep of sin into the fullness of their capacity for life...
