Be passionate

I am a passionate person. Unfortunately, I don't always seem that way.
But I love...to love! Truly, who doesn't? It's in our very nature. We were made in the image of God, who IS love. I love being passionate for things that make such a difference and an impact on my life.

And I got to thinking...my life would be so incredibly empty if I was so wholly complacent and dispassionate. If I didn't have my love of a lifetime molding my heart every single day to make my heart beat in unison with His passions...I would be dead. I might be living this life, but I wouldn't be living.

How do people get to be without passion and a purpose in life? Even working at Kohls, though it isn't my dream job, I am working towards my passion...I'm actually in my passion. People. I love love LOVE people. And I'm loving them while I'm working at Kohls. My job is my passion. My family is my passion. My entire being moves with passion every single day, in response to a lovers call from my Jesus.

If you don't have a passion...Jesus is a good place to start. He will ignite you and make you feel like you're ALIVE. I just had an awesome conversation with my friend, Melissa, and during that conversation, (We both have the same passion for God, music, etc) God was just so totally getting us incredibly excited and happy for the future. This is what is is to be passionate. And even on your worst days, you have something to work towards.

BE PASSIONATE. It's in your DNA, it's something God put inside of you!

Outrageous Love

You know how, sometimes, you can't go to sleep at night and you have no idea why?

I don't have that problem. Well, at least the not knowing why part. I've learned very well that God is trying to show me something or speak to me about something. I don't even try to go to sleep. This blog may just be the ramblings of an insomniac to some, but to me, it's revelation. I have to write these things out in order to kinda make sense of things. 

There's been a passion on my heart for...as long as I've gone to public school, at least, about proclaiming freedom for the captives. My heart absolutely breaks when I see people involved in situations that it seems like they cannot get out of. And we think "well, what can we do? We're powerless."Shut that door. We are NOT powerless. Luke 4:18: "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed."

He has anointed us. Okay, call me stupid, but I don't exactly think that we're powerless when the Lord Jesus Christ has anointed me to preach the good news and sent me to proclaim freedom! 

Another word I love: Proclaim. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners. Not meekly ask satan for the keys to their shackles. Nah son, we go in there and take what is rightfully ours: FREEDOM. 

Guys, this is what I'm called to do. Truthfully, it's what we're all called to do, whether we work at a grocery store, or walk down a street...we're proclaiming freedom for our cities, our states, our nation. There is so much power in words and when we say "Satan...you can't have my nation" he backs off. 

Now. To switch things up a little...

On an opposite note, the church has been so obsessed with power, power, power. And we've been forgetting to love. That is one thing that satan cannot take ahold of. When we love, love, love like Jesus did when he was on this earth...that is one weapon that the enemy cannot stand. When we start truly loving and showing Christ's love to others...that is our ultimate weapon. 

We were meant to live for so much more than this stereotyped brand of Christianity that people see as powerless and unloving. We were meant to live as sons and daughters of the most high and to love outrageously! 

We were meant to live our lives more passionately than just getting up every morning just to pass the day by, one more day, with the mindset "I just wanna get to heaven. I'm sick of this earth." Jeez, way to be optimistic. No, I want to leave my mark on this earth! I don't want to go to heaven yet, because Jesus is not done with what he's doing in me on this earth! LIVE PASSIONATELY, every single day!

If we're not living life fully, outrageously loving, and passionately pursuing God, then...what are we doing?

LOVE OUTRAGEOUSLY. PROCLAIM FREEDOM. LIVE PASSIONATELY.