Passion for Purpose!

Hey, sorry it's been so long since my last post! Our move was great, and now we are all settled into our new home! God is doing great things, and we are excited to be where He wants us!! I hope everyone's Christmas was great, spending time with family, eating lots of great food, opening presents, but most of all, celebrating the birth of our Savior!!! Now that I have some time, I want to share with you about how to use what God has given you, passion!

Psalm 37:3-5 (NLT) says, "Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper. Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires. Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you."

Many people use this verse saying "He will give you your heart's desires." They omit all the other parts. I believe this does not mean that whatever we want, He will provide. To me, this verse says that the desires of our hearts come from Him. If we use these desires to do His work, He will help make them happen! We all have been given a heart for something, a passion. He placed these desires and passions there for His work. We have been given different desires because the world needs different things.

It is time to stand up and use what He has given you. His desires are that we use our passions and our gifts to speak for Him and minister to others. Some people may have a passion for those in prison; some have a passion for catching people who should be in prison. My passions include neglected and abused children, and recently I have developed a heart for girls and women who settle for less than what God has purposed for them. I write this blog and am writing a book for the latter of those, and am working toward a career helping and loving those children who just need to know they are loved. We all have different purposes, but our passions are directly related to those. So use them.

Romans 9:21, "Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?" This is proof that our different purposes are individual, and useful. Resolve to realize God's purpose for you by allowing yourself to become acquainted with the passions in your heart.

To the left, there is a link to a site called Rescue Her. This is an organization created by Josie Carignan, a family friend, who is a wife and mother of three. Her passion includes helping those who are victims of human trafficking. She has partnered with some organizations who help and house those affected. She sells coffee, apparel, and jewelry, with proceeds going to these organizations. Click the picture link to read her story, and how her passion developed into a way to take action.

Please put your heart's desires into action as 2011 begins! Even if it means volunteering with an organization to start, it does not have to begin in a big way, just one heart at a time.

Do not settle for anything less than ABUNDANT LIFE!

Things are getting crazy around here, with packing, finals, life's general craziness, and a huge cross-country move during my last week of class! But I have just kept believing for favor for my husband and I, and our families as this huge adventure begins! I have been praying that we will both "pass" our tests and exams, and that everything goes smoothly with the move and transition, and God spoke to me about "passing" and not "EXCELLING" and I wanted to share it with you.

First of all, John 10:10 (KJV) "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." I usually prefer the New Living Translation because it is easier to understand, but nothing states what this verse says better than this version….

Jesus says He came that we may have life, but He doesn't leave it at that. He says that we might have it more abundantly! Do you know what that means? This means that "just getting by" or "passing" by the world's standards, is not why He came. More ABUNDANT life means that He came so we can live life to the fullest!! When we pray to get through what we're going through, we need to remember that abundant option, and that "If we ask, we shall receive." He will not just pour it over us, if we do not make the effort to believe its true… So remember to live your life to the fullest, for Him, and He will shower you with abundance. Not necessarily material things, although that is included I'm sure, but Abundant happiness, hope, love for others, peace, success, and oh, so much more! Do not settle for anything less than abundance in all these things, because as His children, this is our inheritance!!!!!