Perfect day...

1100 miles of driving...
65 degrees and rainy...
4 beautiful girls laughing out loud - watching "Because of Winn-Dixie"

Perfect day

Thanking God for a wonderful time of refreshing
with dear friends and my incredible family
I have been working too hard at appearing to be busy and not really sure I've got much to show for it

It is good

every once in awhile

To slow down...

To a crawl..

Like traffic on I-75 for no good reason...

Psalm 46:10 - in full effect...

Not bragging, just blessed...
And finally slowed down enough to realize it

Passion

"Well, if passion can lead to prayer

Maybe prayer can give us faith

And if faith is all we've got

Then maybe faith is all we need"

Rich Mullins

I know that a Rich Mullins verse dates me.  
Get over it - I'm dated

Though seasoned, these lines are no less true today

Passion should move you to something

Whether that passion leads you to something small

or

something big

Good, bad, or indifferent - passion will lead to something

That something becomes a purpose

Passion without purpose is posing - and eventually - annoying

James 2:14 (The Message)

Dear friends, do you think you'll get anywhere in this if you learn all the right words but never do anything? Does merely talking about faith indicate that a person really has it? For instance, you come upon an old friend dressed in rags and half-starved and say, "Good morning, friend! Be clothed in Christ! Be filled with the Holy Spirit!" and walk off without providing so much as a coat or a cup of soup—where does that get you? Isn't it obvious that God-talk without God-acts is outrageous nonsense?

You're passionate...

Great

Do something with it

That way passion is more than a playlist on your commute...

It's the soundtrack to the God-purposed adventure of your life