[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

Bro Robbison I am not 'arguing' with you. You asked a question and I am trying to help you answer your question. I live a VERY simple life but I find pleasure in watching grass grow. So simple does not equal boring or discontented.

One of the keys for me in how I saw your post was that you repeatedly refer to your life's activities as 'obligations'... the antithesis of 'passions'. I too work nearly 50 a week off farm in a hospital. I spend time helping people transiton from health to sickness and sickness to helath. I find great joy in that. I did not list it as a passion because I am currently trying to leave it to farm full time and I didn't want to sound like a big blow-hard... but actually I love my work. It is not that my job is just so great... It's an attitude. I realize that God could have made the world any way He wanted but he did not make it just for us to subsist He made it for us to flourish!

Whatever we do should be done for His GLORY.
My answer is if you do not feel passionate about what you are doing, perhaps you are not doing what God intended for you to.

In example, you are a minister correct? But admittedly not passionate about it. I would like to suggest a book to you, "Called and Sent or Just Went", you can find it here:

http://pentecostalpublishing.com/node/3899

I think it depends on how you define "passion." There may be a disconnect there.... To me, "passion" is the driving force behind most our choices (although many things are simply responsibilities), and so I see what people do and I assume these are the things they are passionate about.

There are times when our choices have led us away from our passions and IMO, that's when we need to reevaluate and organize our lives to include the things, people and experiences that matter.

Of course, we can't expect our whole life to be full of excitement, either. We survive the humdrum so that we can enjoy the special moments and special people. That's life.