Thursday 21 April 2011

Reflection number 2 from The Prodigal God

In case you missed my last post on the subject, I have been reading the wonderful Tim Keller book, The Prodigal God.


Obviously it brought up a lot of questions and reflections and so here is my second one.

Is it better to do something out of duty [but not really want to] that is ultimately good, or to not do something good because you don't want to?

Obviously it is absolutely best to do something good because you desire to but sometimes we don't desire that? How can we be changed to desire to do good things for their own sake more rather than so we can get a moral supriority rush or release the pressure valve on the guilt trip that has been building.

The only firm conclusion I have so far is pray.

[3rd quick reflection, the Prodigal Blog would be a great name for a Blog]