Twisted but True?

How can you desire good things yet still be idolizing it, and as such make a good thing become a bad thing?

Oh wait... This can apply to a lot of things: sex, marriage, parenthood, security, safety, abundance, etc.

You can want these things but want them on your own terms, in your own timing, etc.

And to have a heart that is willing to give up on these good things for the sake of Christ?! Sacrifice GOOD things too (at least the idolatry of wanting it your own way)? And to think I was doing OK not doing the "bad" things...

Catch 22, anyone? Sometimes it feels that way to be a follower of Christ. I even wonder if Christianity's worth following anymore because it's so complicated and requires so much faith and patience. But it is not through my own strength and direction that I became a follower in the first place, right? So I guess I'll just keep walking down this road with the hope that it won't be a desert forever and that there will be water at the end of it instead of a cliff.