What Is Your Passion?

[Bro. Robbins]

An acquaintance of mine asked the question of a group of us, "What is your Passion?"

I asked them, what is your definition for Passion, cause that can mean so many things to so many people. They said, "A passion is an intense drive that one has for a particular thing or activity. It consumes your thoughts during your down time if it's not your occupation. When people ask you what you're passionate about, you don't have to think about it."

After reading through that definition a couple of times... I had to be honest. I think back over my life, and the majority of the people I've known in 39 years of living weren't really passionate about anything. Even most of the ministers and preachers I've worked for, and most of the church people I've known really weren't passionate about anything.

There were things they cared about, but not really passionate. And most of the people I work with, and know aren't what you would call passionate people. They wake up, meet their duties of the day best they know how, try to live right, serve God as best they can, work hard, try to be honest in paying bills, go to bed at night, and tomorrow do the whole thing over again. Not passionate about anything per se, just trying to do the best they can at living.

And I would have to say, I'm not passionate about anything. I don't have a passion. Not saying that's a good or a bad thing, but I don't think there are that many people with a PASSION.

What say you? Do you have a Passion (keeping with the above definition)? If so, what is it? How do you view people without a passion?

[Amanah]

If I am passionate about anything it would be about God,
although I would not say I always have an intense drive,
I can say He consumes my thoughts.

[Dagwood]

Music and singing is my passion. I'm not a professional artist or musician by any means. However, not a day goes by that some song or lyric from somewhere doesn't pop into my mind.

I absolutely love talking about music with others who share a similar interest and don't mind talking about it with me. I'm also constantly on the look-out for music events, although I haven't gone to as many as I'd like.

[KeptByTheWord]

I'm passionate about the Word of God. It seems I can never get enough time to read it. I read it every chance I get, and there is a Bible somewhere in almost every room of our home. It is life to me, and truth. I am passionate about worshiping and praising Jesus, it is something I do every chance I can get, I want to talk about Him, sing about Him, and just love Him from the depths of my heart.

There was a time in my life where my passion was other things, mainly crafting, and it stole my time away from God. The Lord showed me these things, and all my crafting tools have gathered dust over the last several years, but my Bible and my time with the Lord is the most precious thing to me now.

[Bro. Robbins]

so to those of you who have posted... does everyone you know have a passion? Do the majority of people you know have a passion? The majority of those I know don't have a passion, I don't have one. There are things I care about, but I certainly don't have any passions in my life.

Is it a bad thing to not have a passion?

[Amanah]

let me answer this way:

you can have a successful marriage w/o passion,
but with passion the marriage is greatly enriched.

[Hoovie]

Espresso Coffee, children and their education, and a hot woman who is about to bear my fifth child.

[Sister Alvear]

Missions

[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?