Passions

Tonight I have been reminded once again how important it is to be doing what it is that you are most passionate about. Tonight was a really good night at work. For the first time in a long time I really felt like my team made some significant contribution to the overall look and feel of my store's backroom. We were able to clear a significant number of consumable area pallets that should not only help the store sales but also helped to cleanup the backroom. The kind of work we were able to get done is what I have been wanting to get out of this team since I took this position. On the way home I was able to turn the car stereo up loud and just enjoy the drive home. When I got home I did a little bit of house work and then settled in to check on some of friends online.

Once I got online I remembered that it was Beach Reach time and that I needed to check out what had been happening tonight. As I was reading through the prayer request my heart began to fill with both joy and sadness. I was sad because of all the lostness that Beach Reach reminds me of. So many students who are lost and what seems like so few brothers and sisters trying to reach them. Yet I was also filled with joy as I read through the wonderful things God was doing in the lives of students. I was also filled with joy as I thought about those wonderful students who were trying to make a difference in the lives of their peers. I love Beach Reach! I think it is one of the most amazing ministries. Its impact is beyond measure. I look forward to the day when I and the countless others who have been a part of Beach Reach will be able to hear all of the stories of how Beach Reach changed lives forever. I am also looking forward to the day when I can take my family to Beach Reach. I cant wait to hear my children telling people about Free Pancakes. I cant wait for the day when they will be old enough to ride the vans and share Jesus with someone.

As God would have it I got on to facebook and began chatting with one of the students that I took to Beach Reach 2 years ago. She and I chatted briefly (she was trying to get to bed) and she mentioned how she was just ready to graduate so she could begin doing what she really wanted to do. Of course, what she is passionate about has nothing to do with her major and it only took her 4 years to figure it out :). I am so excited for her that she has figured out what god has wired her to do and I look forward to hearing how He manifest those passions in her life. I know for a fact that god has some amazing things planned for her!

I hope that you have been able to figure out what you are passionate about. God has wired each of us differently and He has placed within us great passions. This thought becomes eve more amazing when you begin to realize that this is the same God who literally spoke all of creation (except man) into existence. Think about all of the creativity that God poured in to creation.....and then think about He pours that same kind of creativity in to people. There is no limit to God's creativity and so there is no limit to the ways in which He can use people to change the world.

So how do you think He wants you to change the world? So how do you think He wants you to change the world tomorrow?