Getting to the Root of the Problem, Part 4 (TMF:2326)

Monday, April 08, 2024
Peace to Live By: Getting to the Root of the Problem, Part 4 (TMF:2326) - Daniel Litton
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       For several years I struggled with the strong to desire to met a girl and get married. It wasn’t until I was around 30 years old that I decided I even wanted to get married. Once I did, however, I was pretty eager to make it happen. I would say my desire within myself to do that became too strong. It definitely wasn’t surrendered. After three or four years of getting nowhere, I finally came to realize that I needed to surrender this desire. I could not have the ‘want’ of getting married someday interfere with my relationship with God and even my pursuit of happiness. The want was actually taking away my happiness. Once I decided one day that it was okay if I got married, and it was okay if I didn’t, then I felt a whole lot happiness inside of myself. The truth is, I don’t need any person in my life beside God in order to be happy. That realization brought me a boat-load of freedom. We all have things like this, idols let’s say, or evil passions, as James talked about.