"This German chocolate cake is delicious. How do you get it to taste so good?"
"Oh, you know. Just generous amounts of the special ingredient."
"Special ingredient?"
"Love."
Love? An ingredient? Come on. How can you put love into a recipe? It's not like they sell big bags of "Mother Theresa's Bag of Love" at your local Walmart. And why would you want to anyway? Does it add some special taste or something?
The answer to the question found itself to me through an inspirational poster. I can't remember exactly what it said (how's that for inspirational), but it said something along the lines of 'nothing is worth doing if you don't have enthusiasm'.
For the past year, I have been helping out as assistant coach for my speech and debate club. One of the things that irks me the most about speeches (and the speakers) is when they give there speech and it is so...boring. It's not necessarily because the actual content is boring, but I can tell the speaker is bored with his speech.What's the point of doing something if your not going to enjoy doing it?
When I cook, I'm usually in a 'cooking' mood. I'm ready to whip up a big batch of cookies and spend as long as I need to on them. Of course, there are times when I don't really feel like doing anything, and then mom asks me to make dinner. It's not like I don't try to do a good job, it's just that when I'm not in the mood, my cooking doesn't turn out as well. The food is mediocre and nobody really enjoys it. When someone is truly passionate about something, really excited about what they are doing, you can tell.
The food comes out better, the speech, etc...
But what if we went beyond the hobbies? What if we had a love for everything we did? We had enthusiasm in our chores, homework, work...everything. Imagine how much different our daily lives would be. Everyday, joyful to serve our Creator another day. Ready to serve our fellow man another day. People would see us for who we claim to be, happy with where God has placed us.
Love is the secret ingredient...love for what we do, love for where we are and who we serve. Love for what we do makes everything better....especially the food.
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Saturday, March 31, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The Girl On Fire!
"Katniss Everdeen, the girl on fire!"
- Ceasar Flickerman, The Hunger Games (film)
No, this blog is not a nerd's site to everything related to the Hunger Games. (I can hear them now, "Aw man...") Sorry guys. Let me give you a brief introduction of myself and this blog.
Yes, the name is "borrrowed" from the Hunger Games, but that's the only thing Hunger Game related...except for this post...but that's it! I promise! The name is also partialy related to a Sara Groves song. For those of you who have no clue as to who that is, she is a Christian pop singer known for her very philosophical-like songs. I really enjoy listening to her songs because she tends to hit the nail on the head when singing about human nature and relationships with God. One of my favorite songs by her is "Jermiah";
"Jeremiah, tell me about the fire
That burns up in Your bones
I want to know, I want to know more now
The burning of ambition and desire
It never could come close
To that fire, to that fire
I was looking to myself
And I forgot the power of God
I was standing with a sparkler in my hand
While I stood so proud and profound
You came and burned this whole place down
Now that's a fire
Jeremiah, tell me about the fire
That burns up in Your bones
I want to know, I want to know more now
The burning of ambition and desire
It never could come close
To that fire, to that fire
And I was caught up in this vice
And its power to entice
I was dwelling on my hopelessness and doubt
With the slightest invitation
You came with total detonation
Now that's a fire
Jeremiah, tell me about the fire
That burns up in Your bones
I want to know, I want to know more now
Jeremiah, tell me about the fire
'Cause nothing could come close
To that fire, to that fire
Jeremiah
And I was warming my hands by this little light of mine
But now I know, I know it's time
To come in from the cold
Fight fire with fire and fan the flame
Come stir up these coals in my soul, in my soul
Till it burns out of control
Jeremiah, tell me about the fire
That burns up in Your bones
I want to know, I want to know more now
Jeremiah, tell me about the fire
'Cause nothing could come close
To that fire, to that fire
Jeremiah"
Besides it being a pretty darn good song, it expresses her zeal and fire for God. My favorite line is "Come stir up theses coals in my soul, in my soul/Till it burns out of control!"
I want to be like that. I want to be a burning fireball of zeal for the Lord. Why a fireball? So everybody can see how much I love my God. Of course, I don't want my zeal to overide my common sense, but I do want to be known for my honor, love and respect for God. It's like the verse this song is based off of;
Jermiah 20:9, "9Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay."
Someone told me not to speak about God anymore. But being quiet so long hurt me. It was like a fire in my bones...and I could be silent no more.
I will burn for Christ. I will bring him the glory. I will bask in his glory and I will share his truth with others. I am the girl on fire and I will not be silent.
- Ceasar Flickerman, The Hunger Games (film)
No, this blog is not a nerd's site to everything related to the Hunger Games. (I can hear them now, "Aw man...") Sorry guys. Let me give you a brief introduction of myself and this blog.
Yes, the name is "borrrowed" from the Hunger Games, but that's the only thing Hunger Game related...except for this post...but that's it! I promise! The name is also partialy related to a Sara Groves song. For those of you who have no clue as to who that is, she is a Christian pop singer known for her very philosophical-like songs. I really enjoy listening to her songs because she tends to hit the nail on the head when singing about human nature and relationships with God. One of my favorite songs by her is "Jermiah";
"Jeremiah, tell me about the fire
That burns up in Your bones
I want to know, I want to know more now
The burning of ambition and desire
It never could come close
To that fire, to that fire
I was looking to myself
And I forgot the power of God
I was standing with a sparkler in my hand
While I stood so proud and profound
You came and burned this whole place down
Now that's a fire
Jeremiah, tell me about the fire
That burns up in Your bones
I want to know, I want to know more now
The burning of ambition and desire
It never could come close
To that fire, to that fire
And I was caught up in this vice
And its power to entice
I was dwelling on my hopelessness and doubt
With the slightest invitation
You came with total detonation
Now that's a fire
Jeremiah, tell me about the fire
That burns up in Your bones
I want to know, I want to know more now
Jeremiah, tell me about the fire
'Cause nothing could come close
To that fire, to that fire
Jeremiah
And I was warming my hands by this little light of mine
But now I know, I know it's time
To come in from the cold
Fight fire with fire and fan the flame
Come stir up these coals in my soul, in my soul
Till it burns out of control
Jeremiah, tell me about the fire
That burns up in Your bones
I want to know, I want to know more now
Jeremiah, tell me about the fire
'Cause nothing could come close
To that fire, to that fire
Jeremiah"
Besides it being a pretty darn good song, it expresses her zeal and fire for God. My favorite line is "Come stir up theses coals in my soul, in my soul/Till it burns out of control!"
I want to be like that. I want to be a burning fireball of zeal for the Lord. Why a fireball? So everybody can see how much I love my God. Of course, I don't want my zeal to overide my common sense, but I do want to be known for my honor, love and respect for God. It's like the verse this song is based off of;
Jermiah 20:9, "9Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay."
Someone told me not to speak about God anymore. But being quiet so long hurt me. It was like a fire in my bones...and I could be silent no more.
I will burn for Christ. I will bring him the glory. I will bask in his glory and I will share his truth with others. I am the girl on fire and I will not be silent.
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