Love vs. Lust

I have to say I read todays Love Dare chapter and wished by husband would read it. Maybe one day he will. But I'm not going to hold my breath. Well here it is so you know what I am talking about.

Day 24: Love Vs. Lust

End it now. Identify every object of lust in your life and remove it. Single out every lie you've swallowed in pursuing forbidden pleasure and reject it. Lust cannot be allowed to live in a back bedroom. It must be killed and destroyed--today--and replaced with the sure promises of God and a heart filled with His perfect love.

 So I was thinking what do I lust for. Lust had bad connotations but if its just longing for then I do lust for things. I want my bathroom redone so I can use it. I want my kitchen redone, because I hate it. It isn't as usable as I want and everything is starting to break. So I need to go back to being grateful with what I have. I have other bathrooms to use. Not everything in my kitchen is broken. But I'm not sure this consumes me like pornography addiction consumes the addict that is in it. But does that make it okay for me no.

Today in our family scripture study we were talking about Matthew 5 and how Christ expects us to live a higher law than the world. For instance the world- no adultery. Christ --no looking with lust. The world embraces lust. Look at the advertising world, it throws it in your face. Lusting for things and people has become the norm instead of the exception. I have to say I would watch HGTV and lust after those beautiful kitchens. We recently got rid of cable and don't even have any TV channels right now. I don't miss it a bit. That really helps me. So again today I will focus on being grateful for what I have.