Got Passion?

Passion will move men beyond themselves,

 beyond their shortcomings, 

beyond their failures.

 -Joseph Campbell

You have a career most people would envy. You worked so hard for it. You polished your resume, went back for several interviews. You prayed for it.  You mingled and schmoozed, put in overtime, went above and beyond.  You loved your work and excelled. It made you smile. You used to whistle while you worked. Now you dread going in each day. You used to have such passion for it . . .

 You worked hard to get the attention of your spouse. It didn't happen like the movies - a look across the room and they’re hooked. There was no, “you had me at hello.” You took time and effort to woo them. You planned interesting, romantic things to do together. You worked hard at courtship. You cultivated a beautiful relationship. It filled you up and made you happy and excited. You used to thank the Lord for her. Now you can barely muster a kind word. What happened to your relationship? You used to have such passion for it . . .

There's no passion, there's no passion
There's no passion, I need passion
You need passion, we need passion
Cant live without passion
Wont live without passion

 -Rod Stewart

What happened to the passion? Passion for work, passion for relationships, passion for life . . . remember how you used to feel? Try to view things through those eyes again. Reflect on it. What did you love and appreciate? Why did it excite you in the first place? Has it changed? Or have you changed? Have you taken things for granted? Tired of the mundane? Renew your attitude. Renew your thinking.

 . . . our wishes, thoughts, and feelings are very important because they will manifest.

-The Secret

Rediscover what was good, what was so beautiful that excited you in the first place. Get to rekindling. A fire will burn out if you don’t stoke it. Do the work. Get around other people who are passionate about their jobs, their relationships, their lives. Some of their fire is bound to rub off on you if you are open to it. 

In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out.  

It is then burst into flame by an encounter 
with another human being.  

We should all be thankful for those people 
who rekindle the inner spirit. 

- Albert Schweitzer 

Life is so much better lived passionately. Get to work. 
Get your passion back!

I Hate Everything

George Strait

Reminded Of What I Already Know

Give your burdens to the LORD, and he will take care of you. 
He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.
Psalm 55:22


I was chatting with a new friend tonight about life and recent challenges. She listened patiently and then said to me, "Lay it all at the altar. Give it to God and Let it go." I was a bit dumbstruck, because I know this. I've shared this, but it is so different when you're on the receiving end- being reminded of what you already know. Sometimes it is your turn to listen to the witness and the wisdom of others. That's why we need each other. 

. . . encourage one another and build each other up . . . 

1 Thessalonians 5:11

For now, I let go and let God.

 

Let Go

DeWayne Woods

God's Up To Something

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

We don't always know the reasons for our trials. We don't have a crystal ball. We rarely see the big picture. Just know that God has a perfect plan. He's up to something good!

" For my birthday one year, my mother sent me a package wrapped in plain brown paper. When I opened it, there was a gaudy, multicolored Mexican straw basket inside, stuffed with tissue paper . . . I tossed out the tissue paper, wondered what in the world I was going to do with the basket, then called to thank her for her 'gift.' Mother laughed when I thanked her for the basket, then asked what I thought about what was inside it. I told her nothing was inside except tissue paper, and I had thrown that out. 'Oh no, Anne! Inside that tissue paper is your real birthday gift!' 

I ran outside, opened up the trash can, and went through the garbage piece by piece until I came up with the wad of tissue paper. Inside was a small gold ring with a lapis lazuli stone . . . from the British Museum! . . .

Sometimes God wraps His glory in hard circumstance or ugly obstacles or painful difficulties, and it just never occurs to us that within those life-shaking events is a fresh revelation of Him."

-Anne Graham Lotz, I Saw The Lord 

God's Up To Something

Hart Ramsey