What Is Your Passion?

[Titus2woman]

Farming is my passion. I love everything about the pastoral life. To see God's creation each day in every season and to be in tune to so many Bible principles- sowing and reaping, leaving those who are safe and going to find the lost, wheat and tares- this life makes His word come alive.

Life and death happen on a farm- moment by moment. Dominion over the earth is experienced as real. His attention to every detail becomes apparent in the most vivid ways while watching bees make honey or ants make hills.

His power is undeniable and our helplessness without Him is realized in thunderstorms and hail that crush new seedlings and droughts that dry up the very earth until it cracks. His mercy is apparent in the fresh start of each spring with new shoots that break the cold chilled soil and reach for the sun.

Nurturing baby animals and tender plants and helping them to live had given me a new understanding of His tender care for us.

To be able to cultivate, grow, raise, keep and care for everything that is needed to sustain life but still needing Him to fill my soul, helps me to understand my place in His plan and my value to Him and makes me love Him more than I ever imagined possible.

[Bro. Robbins]

I'm loving these answers, and very obvious that some of you have some things you are very passionate about. Great answers.

But I pose the question again... do you have people you know that don't have a passion? What is your assessment of that? Do you think they are missing out or if that floats their boat so to speak....

Or do you believe, everyone actually has a passion of some kind whether they know it or not?

[bbyrd009]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

Farming is my passion...

So much easier to get a fuller image of God on a farm, imo (never been on one, been a city boy all my life)

I think there is some discussion of this def of passion at
"Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might,"
and...won't say anything about tools gathering dust in pursuit of God,
except to say that while some pursuits might surely take one away,
they might just as easily be a wonderful expression of God, also.

I mean, Christ was a mason (or carpenter, if you prefer)--
but He also more or less "laid that down"...I note it was to "go out,"
however, and not become introspective, for whatever that may be worth?

http://www.wikihow.com/Discover-Your-Passion

[Dalton]

I would have to say my passion is beginning to turn to searching the scriptures. Just trying to get the word in me at the moment and waiting for the spirit...

Other than that, I would have to say Guitar is my second fav. I have played ever since I was about 7 or 8 years old.. Learning about my heritage (Which is Greek and Norwegian.) Learning to speak other languages is way up there for me too.

There is something about a language that tells you about that group of people as a whole. Like in icelandic there are numerous ways to describe wind... where we only have a couple, simply because we don't have a need for that many words for it... or in indian there is a word for the feeling two people have when they look at each other but are too shy to go say something to one another... they must have great stress on that feeling to give it its own word. Kind of gives you a deeper connection. I love language learning.

As well as studying martial arts, mainly krav maga and wing chun. I'm also interested in history.

[Titus2woman]

Originally Posted by bbyrd009

"Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might,"

This is it! I did not find farming until I was in my 40's although I did find gardening I have met people who grew up on a farm and all they can say is that they are glad they got away "Too much work!"

Don plays guitar at a level not reached by many in this world. He loves it and has spent a lifetime perfecting it. I often say 'Could you turn that amplifier down, I'm trying to read!' having little appreciaton of what it takes to create music. Others can listen to Don play for hours and days on end.

Before farming my passion was medicine. I loved everything about the human body and learning all the secrets of what made it work and what caused it to fail.

And yes I think everyone has the potential to be passionate about something but not every season in life will find us in hot pursuit of something passionately.

[bbyrd009]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

This is it! I did not find farming until I was in my 40's although I did find gardening I have met people who grew up on a farm and all they can say is that they are glad they got away "Too much work!"

Don plays guitar at a level not reached by many in this world. He loves it and has spent a lifetime perfecting it. I often say 'Could you turn that amplifier down, I'm trying to read!' having little appreciaton of what it takes to create music. Others can listen to Don play for hours and days on end.

Before farming my passion was medicine. I loved everything about the human body and learning all the secrets of what made it work and what caused it to fail.

And yes I think everyone has the potential to be passionate about something but not every season in life will find us in hot pursuit of something passionately.

not Don Alder (youtube) by any chance? If not, you gotta link? If not, you should consider putting him on youtube! Very easy now.