Passion, What is it?

What is passion, is it just between two lovers? Isn't it more than just romance? You have to remember that I am a man so this question is about a foreign subject.

This is how wikipedia explains it. Passion (emotion), a strong feeling about a subject or person, usually of intense desire and attraction

Pastor Ron has asked the church board to describe our personal passion. ( And yet he wonders why I was late getting my response to him)

I had to give a lot of thinking to come up with my answer. I will warn you don't look it up on the web, you will find more than what you are looking for.

As a teenager my passion was to get out of high school with a passing grade, and finding the right girl. As I grew older my passion changed, it became more about making good money and acquiring new things. (some may think that hasn't changed much) Then a strange thing happened, I found myself in the middle of a divorce and the things that I was so passionate about were now gone. I had put so much effort into such trivial possessions that I had forgotten all about those that really mattered, God and family.

It has been one week since I was in the hospital for a scare that turned out to be minor. The sticky residue is finally gone from all the EKG electrode patches stuck on my body, and the bruises all starting to fade from the IV needle punctures. I have to tell you, I am sure glad that those who took care of me in the hospital had such passion for their profession.

As a result of last weekend I have found that these are the things that matter:

1) To serve Christ with the best that I have to offer.
In media with the most professional ability that an amature can have.
In loving my wife with all my heart.
In friendship to others.
In media to present an experience that is worshipful without being distracting.
2) To be responsive and submissive to His call.
3) To learn from my failures and to grow because of them.
4) To do the best in everything that I do, whether it be work, play, family or ministry.
5) To love others just as they are, not as I would like them to be.

These are my passions, but I am fully aware that just because I am passionate about such things I still need His help daily.

Now some are probably asking what about the Harley, To this I add, the Harley is a nice toy but I realize that it is just that, a toy, a material object that can be replaced, it will not provide for me a reward in Heaven.

So tell me what is your passion, is it all about you, or is it about what you can do for The Lord.
===Skid===