What Are You Passionate About?

Day 34 of Photo Inspirations — What are YOU passionate about?
This is Super Bowl Sunday and if you’re not a Seahawks or Patriots fan, you may not be inclined to feel “passionate” about today’s game.  You probably don’t care one way or the other who wins.  But if you are one of those teams’ fans, you may be as passionate about the Seahawks as my Seattle family is. 

Not only do they have season tickets for the Seahawks, but their cars and homes bear Seahawks flags, they are decked out in full Seahawks apparel, they paint their faces, cut their hair (i.e., my youngest grandson’s new “12th man” style), they promote it on social media and other public forums, and they have “watch” parties where you’d think they were at the live game.  I’ve been to a few Seattle Seahawks games, and it’s true — the “12th Man” are the loudest fans I’ve ever heard. 

And, to take it a step further, my son and his buddies rented one of the “Ride the Ducks”, loaded it with Seahawks flags and banners, and rode through the City and Lake Washington screaming and hollering about their Seahawks.  Honestly, in my lifetime, they are the most relentless, passionate sports fans I’ve ever seen. 

Quite frankly, just about everything our family does — whether it’s a favorite football team, a business we believe in, a heart for missions, celebrating a birthday and/or a special event, remembering the sweet things about our past, and mostly, our faith –our heart for God and His Word.

What are you passionate about?  What gets you out of bed every morning?  When motivational speakers and vocational counselors ask this question, they’re not looking for answers like “The baby was crying” or “My alarm rang.”  They want to help you identify your “passion” — something you love to be doing with your life, the purpose that fires you with energy.  Bottom line — a personal encounter with God can be the X-Factor in your life.  Having Him at the center, causes life-at-large to become your passion.  Having Him as your greatest passion, will cause just about everything else in your life — your job, your family, your hobby, your favorite team or favorite outreach to become your “Wake-Up-With-Passion” each and everyday!