Excitement.
The past few weeks have been full of excitement for me. Alyssa and I shared our first Christmas as a married couple which brought on lots of “firsts” for the two of us. My father came into town for a weekend and I got to show him our church, my home, my favorite hamburger place, and the place in between earth and heaven…Cabelas. It was a week packed with excitement traveling home to see distant relatives and friends from school. More excitement in our church came from the children’s Christmas musicals production, Christmas Eve service, New Years Party and now Upward Basketball and Cheerleading. I got to see some of the excitement first hand Monday night as my team showed up one by one for our first practice. The little 1-2 graders were excited to begin practicing, to meet their coach and teammates, and to get their uniforms! The looks on their faces were priceless as I pulled out each ones uniform and handed it to them. I have no doubts they took it home and put it on right away…they most likely slept in it; it’s a good possibility that they are wearing it right now even. The point I am trying to make is that all of us at some point in time get excited about something. Whether it is opening a present you have been “eyeing” under the tree but not allowed to touch for weeks, seeing family you haven’t seen for awhile, or watching the Fiesta Bowl; excitement can be found almost anywhere. I wonder what our churches would look like if everyone was as excited about Jesus as they were the BSU victory, or the Superbowl, or the national spelling bee contest (don’t act like you don’t watch it, its okay, no one has to know). Passion for God, Compassion for People is our church mission and when lived out, our excitement for God and others cannot be kept to ourselves. Our true passion comes out, no matter what we are going through.
What are you excited about?
Great thoughts Casey… Way to put things in perspective. Can you imagine what the world would look like if those of us who called ourselves followers of Jesus, were actually excited about His mission? I tell you what, this world would look a lot different.
Go Jesus!!!
That is exactly the topic that has come up a couple of times when some of at church decide to actually sit down and talk about what’s going on, and not just “How’s your kids?” sort of stuff. I, and others, are praying for a fire to be lit. Woo! Just thinking about it gets me excited!