dailydatewithgod

I have experienced a lot of mixed messages about desire, wanting, yearning.  While it is an inherently human experience in Western culture it is often mixed in with the various messages about sexuality.  Yet what we hanker for is in all areas of our lives.  In learning to be human it is helpful to look at what we experience outside of the labels and judgments we have placed on various experiences.  Often what happens is before we allow ourselves to be with an idea, experience, or even person we preface it with the judgments and labels.  These are given to us by authority figures, family, society, media and so on.  We do not even realize we are doing it. The labels and judgments are so attached to whatever it is we cannot separate it.  When I have my daily dates with God, I learn to observe and be curious.  What might my hankers be telling me about what is in my heart or my head?  What messages are my hankers guiding me to learn about myself?  How might my hankers teach me more about love? Hankers are neither right or wrong as at their origin they are thoughts and feelings. There is a reason we are capable of having and feeling.  I am pretty sure God did not equip us with things that are not useful.  It is not about ridding ourselves of our hankers.  It is about being with them, seeing what is underneath them, and using them for the greater good of ourselves and others.