I have to admit that the timing of this blog post seemed absolutely perfect to me. There's a reason I posted this particular 30 things question on the beloved Day of Love. You'll see.
But first... a quote about passion: "There are two
types of people in the world: people who are passionate about things, and
people who've had their passion punched and beaten out of them."
- Kevyn Aucoin
#8: What are 5 passions you have?
1) Repping the name of Christ!
I believe that this is a passion that every Christian should have. I also believe that this is something that every Christian fails at, a lot. No matter how "spiritual" you are or how much you love Jesus, every single Christian is going to fail miserably at this from time to time. It's the truth. It's hard to chew, but it's the truth. I think that's it's super important to not let that fact hold us back from repping the name of Christ though. It says in 1 Timothy 4 that we should set an example for all believers (and for everyone else too) in what you say, how you live, how you love, in your faith, and in your purity.
2) Music
I think that anyone who knows me, knows this. I absolutely love music. Music is what makes me tick. In fact, I even remember writing a whole essay on that fact in the ninth grade.
3) People
Anyone who knows me must think this particular one is pretty strange because I'm quite introverted and a very shy person (before I come out of my shell). I have a love-hate relationship with meeting new people. I hate it because people I don't know make me feel uncomfortable and I have some weird trust issues that still need to be worked out, but I love meeting new people because I love getting to know them. I love finding out what makes them tick, what makes them go off on a crazy three-hour rant because they're so passionate about it. People are so fascinating, so interesting, and so beautiful.
4) Purity
Now this is one of the things that I could personally go off on a crazy three-hour rant about. Just ask my best friend Joy. She knows. She's witnessed a couple of them. The flame started with a book that I read when I was 15 called "Every Young Woman's Battle". A book that I think every girl between the ages of like 13 to married should read. It's about guarding your heart, mind, and body against sexual temptations. The flame turned into a fire after listening to a certain youth pastor from Steinbach talk about his passion for purity. (Take a listen: http://southlandmedia.org/joomla/southland-seminars/sex-a-dating) Purity is so important.
Last, but certainly not least...
5) Being Single
I know you just laughed inside your head, or maybe out loud. But I'm serious. I absolutely adore being single. I've done the whole relationship thing before and it just wasn't satisfying for me (mind you, it wasn't with the right person). I am so passionate about this that it actually pains me to see a single person who is not happy to be single. I don't know about you, but those girls (and guys) that complain about being "forever alone" and that moan and grumble about wanting to be married... they are probably the most annoying thing to me in the entire world. I absolutely adore the people, but I would rather not hear all their complaining.
Now here's where I need to get right down and be completely serious. I love marriage. It's something that God created and it's absolutely beautiful. I believe it's a wonderful picture of how God loves us. I'm not dissing marriage at all. What pains me most is to see people I care about not enjoying life to the fullest because they wish they were married or in a relationship. My theory is that if you're not undoubtingly happy in the stage of life God has you in right now, you're not living life to its fullest potential. Ladies and gents, you are single in this very moment right now because of a magnificent plan that God has for your life. If you spend that time wishing you were in a different stage of life, you're missing out on all the wonderful stuff God has in store for you right now.
That is why I love being single. I find it to be such a special time between God and myself. Honestly, if I wasn`t single, I would have never gone to Capernwray, would have never met such wonderful people and would have never experienced the best year of my life. Nor would I have ever worked at Cedarwood. I believe that one day God will bring me my prince. (I just like to think that He's taking lots of extra time to prepare him for me, haha.) And if not? No worries, I'm okay with that too because that means it's just God and myself for the rest of my days. And it can't get any better than that.
