Being Known Podcast

S3E1: Desire: A People of Longing

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Oct 19, 2021
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INSIGHT

Longing Arrives Before You Decide

  • Desire often arrives in life before we can plan or predict it, shaped by the Spirit and circumstances.
  • Curt Thompson argues longing reveals God's work to form beauty and goodness through us.
ADVICE

Redirect Desire Toward Beauty And Goodness

  • Pay attention to how God can reform and use your desire to create beauty and goodness.
  • Let desire be disciplined and redirected rather than left to devour and disintegrate relationships.
INSIGHT

Desire Is Built On Four Core Needs

  • Babies are born with appetites that become relational longings for being seen, soothed, safe, and secure.
  • These 'four S's' form desire's neural architecture and shape later ability to take risks and repair ruptures.
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