Aug
23
Rhythm and Passion
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So, as the last days of 2006 approached, Erin and I decided to take some time to pray and think about what we wanted to accomplish in 2007 and what things in our life we wanted to work on…and we decided to pick 2 words that would define our year. It was a great exercise and we had such a good time sharing our hopes with one another.
What were the 2 words?
Rhythm (everything needs a rhythm) and Passion (what is life worth w/out it).
2007 was to be a year marked by establishing a rhythm and kindling a passion. We laid out goals and roled out plans and took off to Nashville at the start of the new year with ideas of change dancing in our heads. Then came January 9th…the day we found out about Owen’s health.
Rhythm and passion turned into chaos and desperation. Nothing has been as we hoped or as we thought it would be. So tonight, on the eve of what would have been Owen’s 4th month with us…I officially reclaim the fight to establish Rhythm and ignite Passion.
“Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For His sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having a rightousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ…that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection…not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me His own…one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philipians 4:8-14)
I can feel the the Rhythm and taste the Passion.
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Well said friend… I can already hear the drum beat.
Reclaim what has been there all along! It is the passion for life that God instills in life for those like you, who know that HIS love is passionate for you…..The Rythm is in sync with walking daily hand in hand with the Holy Spirit of God. In the daily difficulties of life, I KNOW that God is the strength of your walk!!!!!!