Passion Ignites Passion

I have discovered when you are around those that are full of passion it is contagious. It does not matter if you share the same passion, but their passion inspires passion in you. I think that as a whole, in the environment that I work in, we are lacking passion. There is so much to do, so much that has to be done that we quickly lose our focus, and the passion that drives us. The apathy, the indifference, the task quickly takes over, and before we know it, we are all living under the indifference and apathy, and there is nobody with passion to inspire passion in others. It was an outside source that came in and made me realize that it is passion that I lack. So my prayer is that passion would return to my life, and to this place, that we would be a people, a community that is not bogged down and tired from the tasks, but one that is living out of passion. May it start with me, in my life, God bring the passion back.

“Live a life worthy of the calling”

A life worthy of the calling, I think is one that is lived in a passionate way. What does this look like? I think it means that you stop and take time. I know that in a previous blog, I wrote about how I was feeling taken advantage of for being so nice to people and always helping them out, and not feeling like I get anything in return. Well it has occurred to me that Jesus was probably taken advantage of. He is always bailing people out and for nothing in return. I mean He is always getting me out of bad situations that I put myself in, only to usually make the same mistake again, and He bails me out again. If I am living a life worthy of the calling, I am to be living like Jesus, which means that I am to help people out, to bail them out. It means a hug for a friend who is having a bad day, a listening ear for someone who feels alone, giving a helping hand to someone who has too much to do. It means giving up my agenda, my plans, perhaps being late, to take the extra few minutes to help someone out. It means loving on people no matter what the cost is, and taking the risk of getting hurt.

I am human, I make mistakes everyday of my life, and there is always forgiveness waiting for me. Now I am not saying that it is okay to go out and do whatever you want, knowing that forgiveness waits for you at the end of the day. I am saying that we are all human and that we all sin everyday. Sin is sin, one is not better or worse in the eyes of God. Recently a well-known Christian man was caught in some sin, and now everyone is freaking out. His sin is no different than mine or yours. It seems different because of his position of influence, we thought or hoped that he had more integrity. The truth is he is human, and God still loves him. God not only loves him, but He likes him, he wants to hang out with him, to spend time with him. Much like you look for time to spend with people that your friends with. People will let you down, because none of us are perfect, we are all human. But it should be our response to love, not to judge. We should still be willing to bend over back wards for these people, because I know that is what Jesus would do, that is living a life worthy of the calling.