So, what are you passionate about?

Let me first just say that I love Easter! I really do. I can't think of any other event in the history of time that has more profoundly impacted my life personally (not to mention the rest of the world).

Needless to say, our Pastor preached an excellent message about the Resurrection. He titled it "Live your Best Life" and talked about how the resurrection is what enables us to actually live the very best life that God has for us. At one point he asked the question, What would you do if you knew you couldn't fail? I've heard this question before, but in the past I've always dismissed it because it is too overwhelming for me to think about. I've always thought to myself, "Well, God has his own timing for things, and if I just take step after step, I'm sure He'll lead me to the right place and I'll get there at exactly the right time." But what I really was feeling was simply fear. It was fear of failure combined with fear of walking away from the Lord combined with a general dose of laziness. But Pastor Dan mentioned something on Sunday that really set me free from all that - he said that no amount of your own will power can get you to your goals or dreams. It's not dependent on anything you can work up or produce. It's simply the power of Jesus and his resurrection inside of you that can produce any amount of change in your life!

Now, I've heard that before, and I have come to the realization in the past that I can't do anything in my own strength, but somehow when he said that on Sunday, I just thought, "Oh, well, if it's not about me and it's up to Jesus, what would I do?" What would I do?? And the first thing that came to my mind was, I would take my little self to Sudan and sit there and pray until Jesus does something miraculous. The second thing that came to mind was, I would ask God for divine opportunties to speak the gospel to every person in my condo building. Can you imagine how awesome that would be?!

I was talking with Dave about my thoughts yesterday and he said, "And you do realize that the things deep inside that you're passionate about are the very things God wants you to do? I mean, doesn't everyone do only the things they really care about?" And I thought, well, that would make sense, but I don't think it happens very often in the real world.

Yesterday I found a website of a photographer who has traveled the world taking pictures of many major world events/tragedies. He is Danish and there isn't a whole lot of background on his site on why he does what he does, but it's pretty clear from his portfolio what he is passionate about. http://www.jangrarup.com/ I always wonder if people can tell just by looking at my life what I care most about...


So, what are you passionate about?