Quotes about Desire

Desire is individual. Happiness is common.

Anything less then God, ever me wanteth.

Therefore this is His thirst and love-longing, to have us altogether whole in Him, to His bliss,—as

Two duties belong to our souls. One is to reverently marvel. The other is humbly to endure, always taking pleasure in God. He wants us to remember that life is short and it won't be long until we clearly see, within him, all that we desire.

For we are now so blind and unwise that we never seek God till He of His goodness shew Himself to us. And when we aught see of Him graciously, then are we stirred by the same grace to seek with great desire to see Him more blissfully. And thus I saw Him, and sought Him; and I had Him, I wanted Him. And this is, and should be, our common working in this [life], as to my sight.

I want you to love me. I want you to trust me enough to let me love you, and I want you to stay here with me so we can build a life together. That's what I want

When morality is reduced to personal tastes, people exchange the moral question, What is good? for the pleasure question, What feels good?

Jesus desires friends, not servants. He desires love, not servitude. In the cold temple of Jerusalem, God was merely served. But in the warmth of the Bethany home, He was befriended and cherished.

The daring metaphor of Jesus as bridegroom suggests that the living God seeks more than an intimate relationship with us.

Faith means you want God and want to want nothing else.

I want neither a terrorist spirituality that keeps me in a perpetual state of fright about being in right relationship with my heavenly Father nor a sappy spirituality that portrays God as such a benign teddy bear that there is no aberrant behavior or desire of mine that he will not condone. I want a relationship with the Abba of Jesus, who is infinitely compassionate with my brokenness and at the same time an awesome, incomprehensible, and unwieldy Mystery.

You can only seek God when you have already found God. The desire for God's unconditional love is the fruit of having been touched by that love.