The difference between desire and desperation = my aunt and uncle would like to come to Australia from Ireland – if they could find the time and money – but at present they are flat out and money is going into other things. That’s desire – they would like to come to Australia
If we want a picture of desperation then look at some of the people who enter Australia as illegal immigrants. They spend their life savings to get on a rickety old boat to sail in cramped conditions across dangerous waters to enter a country where there is no guarantee of asylum and more than likely a long period of detention because they desperately want something better. They give up everything to get to a better place.
Do we long that badly for this community & nation to be impacted? God does.