The passion remains,
I’ve been through a lot and I’m trying to recover and be a better person
than I was the day before. I often pray for Hope and a purpose in my life
because I don’t really see it like I used to. I still have a passion to
encourage others and I still seek after God. I want to blog again, but I
have less to say than I used to. I’m finding comfort in passages of
scripture that I’ve read many times before but I’m at a place emotionally that
I need them more.
Psalm 136:1-3
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
His love endures forever.
Give thanks to the God of gods.
His love endures forever.
Give thanks to the Lord of lords.
His love endures forever.”
To some of you we’ve read that a thousand times and heard it turned into
a song by Michael W Smith but let me tell you why it means more to me lately.
When you’ve suffered the rejection of a spouse and that love has been
taken from you, you cry out to God more and you need him to remind you that his
love endures forever. I remind myself at times that Judas betrayed Jesus.
His closest friend. There was a purpose in that and it led to the
cross. He’s experienced worse than I ever will. I’m not claiming to
be like Jesus I’m too much of a failure on my own. But somehow, he has me
breathing and seeking him. I don’t understand it all. That’s why I
find myself overwhelmed by this next verse.
Psalm 138:8
“The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O Lord, endures forever.
— do not abandon the works of your hands.”
I don’t know what His purpose for me is. But he’s given me a
passion to help. Recently I bought this pillowcase on Amazon, and it has
a quote on it from Ahsoka Tano a character on Star Wars the Clone Wars that
says this, and it sums me up perfectly.
“In my life when you find people who need your help you help them no
matter what.”
If it’s writing a blog and trying to help someone or going to work and
helping a new hire or a coworker, I try to help as much as I can. It’s
not a grand purpose but I try to help people. This past Wednesday I went
to see my family and my sister, and I were hanging out doing stuff together
which honestly we hadn’t done in years and my dad said something. “What
are y’all doing? You seem to just be spending time like brother and
sister and it makes my heart proud.” You know when you can make your dad
happy and you and your sister are just helping each other it tends to make you
smile. Seek God and help others as much as you can.
Road to Calvary by John Schlitt
Heart to God, Hand to man by Geoff Moore and the Distance and Ashley Cleveland
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