Passionate

Passionate: capable of, affected by, or expressing intense feeling; ENTHUSIASTIC, ARDENT

Passionate is a word that I want to describe me...especially the enthusiastic and ardent part!  Yesterday, I fully realized that I am passionate about running.  (I know...delayed realization!)  I was at the vet with our dog, KC, and somehow I even ended up talking with her about running.  Good grief!  I heard someone claim that I can't have a conversation without running being a part of it.  That might actually be true...I guess that would qualify me as passionate!

I started thinking this morning about being passionate in other parts of my life.  What if I put as much time, effort, and thought into other things as I do into running?  Hmmm.  If I stopped settling for good enough and just surviving this life, that might add up to a life that makes a difference; that changes the world.  The list of things that I could be passionate about is endless.  How would I define "world"?  It could be my home...changing my world with Joe and Christopher.  It could be Liberty Common High School...changing the world of my colleagues and students.  It could be in my community, or actually somewhere else in the World. 

The question popped into my head, "What if I was as passionate about Jesus as I am about running?"  This brought more questions.  Would He be part of every conversation I have?  How would that change my worlds?  Would people be as tolerant of me talking about Jesus as they are of me talking about running?  Hmmm. 

I won't be able to do it in my own power and I cannot be passionate about everything. My plan?  To ponder, to follow Jesus, and to relentlessly pursue being passionate in other parts of my life.   I hope you see a difference!