Pleasure

"A few centuries ago there was a litmus test within the church to determine whether or not something was sinful:  Did you take pleasure in it?  If you did, it was a sin.  What a terrible test.  God Himself would fail that test in the first chapter of Genesis.  The Psalmist went so far as to say, At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.  That doesn't sound like cosmic killjoy!  That sounds like Christian hedonism.  Life is too short not to love what you do, so do what you love.  They key is finding the place where gifts and desires overlap, God-given gifts are what we're best at.  God-ordained desires are what we're most passionate about.  And the place where those gifts and desires overlap is the sweet spot."  Great advice today from Mark Batterson in his book called:  Whisper