"And to be sure it is blessed to love, to be reduced to a single desire. What does it matter if all other desires are fulfilled or denied? There is but one desire, the loved one; one longing, the loved one; one possession, the loved one! We laud the happiness of love. Oh, that the fortunate one may be steadfast in the daily thankfulness of domestic life; that he may be faithful in the continuing thankfulness of remembrance. But, God be praised, it is not so ordered that this should be the highest thing of all. It may be dispensed with without losing the highest thing of all. It may be absent without having lost the highest thing of all."
Kierkegaard "Purity of Heart" Harper Torchbooks (1956):161.
S.K. has a peculiar way of looking at Christianity, but it is one that I often feel very sympathetic with. His solitary nature and unique vision are to be admired, not because they were results of his own talent, but because his suffering was a gift from God that allowed him to perceive spiritual truths more clearly than many others have.
Hear Our Prayer - Hillsong - Songza
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