A few years ago if you would have asked me what I was passionate about, I would have come up with some answer. It probably would have been something generic and made up on the spot, me scrounging my brain, trying desperately to come up with a passion that wouldn't be a total lie, like.. people! I'm passionate about people. (I have definitely used that one before.)
Now I find myself constantly looking,almost searching for a passion. What can be the thing that defines me, I wonder? I'm pretty passionate about Ube ice cream, but is that something that should define me? Purple yam ice cream that is the most deliciously creamy ice cream I have ever tasted? It could... but I would rather that it didn't. Sometimes I worry that my past mistakes might define me, and I would really rather that that didn't happen.
So. what is my passion?
Well.. here it is. I'll start with what I know defines me.
I am a loved child of God. I am reminded of the song Obsession, there is a line that goes: "and my heart burns for you". Thats what passion is, a burning desire in your heart for something. It is my sincere desire that my passion will become spreading God's love around the world. Some how telling each person I encounter that they are loved, are cherished by God. That even if they feel hopeless, there is hope, there is love and there is good.
So. what does that mean?
I need to get to know God a little better. I mean, if I'm passionate for God's love, that also means that God is my passion. In the same way I am passionate for the taste of ube ice cream, my passion translates into a passion for ube. So getting to know God means spending time talking to him, well.. listening to him would be the best way to get to know him. Reading the word he sent to others who were pursuing him. Listening to others talk about him around me who are also in pursuit of God. Spending time in His creation, his expression of utmost artistic wonder.
ok. enough self talk and written processing of 4 years.
My identity relies upon my passions. I choose to be passionate about Christ. I am a loved and cherished child of God and nothing can separate me from His love.
R
