LIFE gets in the WAY?

I really love this writing thing.  There have been seasons in my life when I thought, this is it! This is what I want to do and I am pretty sure I'm good at it.

BUT as we all know, life gets in the way.

WAIT...what? Really? 

If life gets in the way of LIFE, isn't that completely counterproductive?  Isn't writing my PASSION?  That thing that God planted in my heart? That thing that connects me to points and people in the world that I would never otherwise meet? 

 So today I asked myself, "Are you really gonna do this?  Really let another day go

by without writing a single word?"

Then the question comes to mind: why do we allow the stuff of life to get in the way of our passions?  I'm just guessing, but I am 90% sure that I am not the only one.  How many of us are walking through life like some kind of zombie, just making it from one day to the next?  We may have entered into our adult lives like hyped up puppies chasing our favorite kid, but now we're just living like the old hound dog on the porch, maybe a lazy tail-wag once in awhile when someone says our name.

WHAT HAPPENED TO US?

Why the sudden (or maybe gradual, hard to notice) loss in fervor?

Hmm.  Fear? Complacency? Loss? An enemy lurking around like a lion, looking for someone to devour?(1 Peter 5:8)  Sounds like he could be up to something.  A little scheming to get us off track perhaps?

I just WONDER what this world would be like if every single Christian got fired up and really started to pursue his or her God-given passion with everything they had.  OH MY GOODNESS! Wouldn't that be something?

What's sad is that so many of us have forgotten.  So many of us have let other "must-dos" get in our way.  AND SO MANY of us have given way to fear.  UGH! Why do we worry?  Why must we be weighed down by this human trait that no one taught us but we've been warned about so many times?

I'm calling you out today to "do what is right and do not give way to fear" (1 Peter 3:6).  Remember your godly passion or find it.  Do SOMETHING today in pursuit of that passion.  We only have one life, and for all we know, only one day.  Be vigilant in what God placed in your heart.  He was not just kidding around when he gave you your talents.

Think of it this way...

How will you make an impact if you never take a swing?  

The dollar that is never put to work never earns a dime.  Your talent can collect dust in your pocket like the lazy, wicked servant in Matthew 25:26, or you can hear, "Well done." 

 Even if you fail... your work is not in vain.  there is NO BETTER CLASSROOM than the wake of your own failure.  Oh how many lessons of truth have I learned from my messes!  But maybe that's a conversation for next time.  See ya soon!

Tell me in the comments about your renewed fervor for your passion or tell me how you've learned a lesson from your failures.