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Passion . . . leads
you to thoughts of romance, love and hot and heavy sex.
For me, those were my first thoughts as well. My husband
is in Germany right now, so I didn't want to write about
passion. Pick another topic.
That wasn't an
option so I did what comes natural.
"Lord, you
gotta help me!" Well that's what I said on the
inside - not out loud. The Lord sent me this:
"If you want
to renew your passion about something - anything - do
what I did. Nothing."
I had to look at that a bit closer before I got it. And, then
it was like being hit with a brick. Whenever Jesus had to
renew himself; he retreated, alone and did nothing. He didn't
build any tents, or visit relatives, have tea with friends,
finish a project that was left for a better time, read books,
watch TV--well you get the picture.
He was still. He was
prayerful. He was resting. He was renewing--his mind, his
body, his spirit, his energy, his soul.
If you feel like you
need to be more passionate about a new business venture, your
marriage, your church activities, the book you've been meaning
to write, the curtains that haven't been hung yet; Just Stop!
Take a real break. Not
a fake break; the "I'm-gonna-take-a-few-day-off-and-do-some-laundry-and-get-this-house-together-so-I-can-really-rest-break,
or the "I'm-sick-so-I-will-rest-now-break." No kids,
no TV, no spouse, no friends. Sleep. Eat. Think. Pray. Laugh.
Cry. Shout. Repeat. And, yes you DO have time to take a break.
Take sick days, vacation days, or I'm gonna hurt somebody
days. Make the time.
Now you have the energy
to jump back in the game. After a few days of rejuvenation,
you will get that spark or creative idea and energy to go
another round.
I'm off. I think I'm
going to take a nap!
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