Lusting After A Decent Title For This Post

Today my friend Bridget is hosting her One Word blog carnival. While I suppose it is time for me to get back in the swing of things, that is not quite as easy as it sounds... The topic is lust. I have been married to my dream man for 13+ years. How does "lust" affect my life? I am certainly not going to discuss anything private between my husband and me here.

We do use the term "lust after" to describe covetousness, though. I am going to go with that definition on this post. So... What does Helenatrandom lust after? Power? Nah, what would she do with power? Force everyone to dance in the produce aisle? Money? Well....she wouldn't mind having a little more of it, but she is grateful that in these hard times she and her family have what they do. Beauty? No, if she were beautiful, people would stare at her, and she'd be forever thinking there was something stuck in her teeth.

No, Helenatrandom has spent a good deal of time and energy lusting after control. No not the remote control. Okay, the remote control, but not just the ability to decide what everyone watches.....Helenatrandom wants to control her mom's healing (FASTER!! FASTER!!!), the supermarket's choice in music, the sort of language that can be used over the airwaves (or at least in the presence of children), the economy, she wants to die before her husband, etc...

Helenatrandom needs to learn to let God be God.

Okay. I am not entirely sure how well this post fitted in with lust, but this is my blog, and I can call this a lust post if I want to, because I am in control of it.

Ooops. I have a lot of work to do on this....