Because I would love nothing more than to hear from you, I figured what better way than to pose a question and in turn, give away a free gift!! Every week I will pose a new question. The deadline for answering the question will vary week by week, so be sure to keep checking the blog. Once the deadline has arrived, I will randomly pick a name from the posts and the name chosen will be the winner! When you leave a comment, make sure to leave me your email address so that I can contact you upon your win!! I think this could be fun!! Ok, here we go-question #1:
* What do you feel passionate about? What gets you out of bed in the morning?
This weeks prize? Katie Brazelton's new book, Character Makeover! I look forward to hearing from you!!
Blessings,
Jen
7 comments:
Well, I could say a cup of Cinnamom Dolce Latte from Starbucks...but, it really isn't. I am passionate about life. I love getting up in the morning and knowing that God has given me a brand new day.
These past few months I have become more passionate about my writing, studying and teaching God's word and that has given me a fresh perspective on my life.
I'm passionate about creative things in the world. Which kind of melds with my purpose in getting in up... the days where I have an opportunity to create something gives me passion. Whether its writing, drawing, painting, designing, or helping someone else create something... it gives me a feeling of being unique. I like being able to be different... it just seems like so much of the world runs down the same paths. Like people are afraid to tread on fresh grass. I like feeling unbrideled and able to make an influence on something or someone. There is just something about art and how it can get a person to FEEL something. I guess when I wake up I try to have a day that feels like when you were young and would swing so high, then you would lean back to look at the world upside down. the wind was rushing and everything felt like new. If I can have more days like this... I would be a very happy girl.
What am I passionate about? Well, being a Cuban, I'm a pretty passionate kinda gal, but what moves me, gets me out of bed in the morning.....my kids!
My daugther is 23 and on her own now, but my son is a 16 year old, special needs boy. I am passionate about providing him with a good life while teaching him about God's love and mercy. I am passionate about seeing him and other's like him receive the best quality of life that they can have, despite their disabilities! I am passionate about seeing these young people learn that what the world says are "disabilities" are simply Opportunities that God has given them to learn patience and perseverence!
My Passion as you can see, is the gift that God has given me in my son.
I have learned to be passionate about simply being alive. All of the other "passions" of the earth pale in comparison to opening my eyes, breathing, hearing (not smelling as my nose does not work) in anticipation of what God has in store for me each new day.
In the past I could have listed many activites and interests. These continue, but they are not my true passion.
The Lord has allowed me to stand with several close brothers and sisters in the Lord as they passed from this world to heaven. As I grieve MY loss, I have promised to rejoice in their gain of being with our Father!
At this time in my life, I am happy just to be able to get out of bed in the mornings! My passions have "calmed" down over the years, and I find that it is replaced by a quiet contentment with my life. My choice of husband, who has blessed me over the course of our almost 35 years together, my children who are grown and have made good life choices. I am still in love with my God, who loved me first and called me to be His own, and likewise, I am still in love with my husband who also loved me first and asked me to be his own. This life I've been given is what gets me out of bed in the morning. It is not a "passion" in the general sense of the word, but it is a passionately quiet contentment of the heart. My family is my passion, for it is the truest riches, the truest demonstration of love that this lifetime has to offer. Our families and what we choose to do with those relationships closest to us are what prepares us, enables us, strengthens us, empowers us and teaches us to love others, and to love God. This is how we learn to be able to call Him our Father, by loving first the ones He surrounds us with. Jesus makes us His own, but the intimacy in calling Him our daddy only comes, as we learn to love those given to us in our lives. I am ever mindful of the fact that "I only love God as much as I love the person I love the least." (Dorothy Day)
In my opinion passions change with time, with age, with experience etc. As a newly-wed I would say that my husband is my passion right now. I feel that being passionate and having passion can often mean two different things. Obviously, having married him, I am passionate about my husband. I think I will always be passionate about him. However, at this stage in my life he is also my passion. In a way, a good way, he is my obsession. He is the overpowering thing I think of when I go to bed and when I wake up in the morning. He is my passion because I am still learning about him, his likes and dislikes, and how to please him. In a way, he is teaching me how to be a wife and I am teaching him how to be a husband. I know that eventually my passion will be spread amongst other things, however right now I am content to focus on my husband, getting to know him and being so thankful to God for him.
It has been so wonderful to read each of your thoughts regarding your passions. I feel as though I can relate to each of you-I am passionate about writing like you Cindie. This is a common thread we share.
Shana, seeing people like you use your gifts and skills in the arena of art just inspires me! It amazes me that there are people who can do the things that you do because the reality is, I can't and never will be able to.
Linda, like you I am passionate about family. Family means everything to me.
Brenda-I too am passionate about life and the fact that the Lord has given me another day to live. It is something I am thankful for each and every day and because of that, I desire nothing more than to give God everything I have.
Dolores and Jess-I am also passionate about my husband and just so thankful for the this amazing man that the Lord has blessed me with.
Each of your posts have reminded me of those things to be thankful for and in turn, reminded me of those things that I can so easily take for granted. Thanks for reminding me and thanks for being so open! May the Lord richly bless each of you!
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