More than this...

I am sitting listening to the heart of a man who has found his passion. He dreams out of the box, he dreams bigger than he sees as possible. He has walked a long road, seen disappointment and felt heart ache and betrayal. And now he dreams. Now he longs for something else. The deepest cry in his heart is, ‘there’s gotta be more than this.”

Why is it that we so easily give up our passion and settle to do something that only pays the bills. Where is the adventure? Where is the willingness to fight for what we love?

The generation before was safe, and I fear that our generation is going to slip into the same obscurity. How do we stir up a gut-wrenching cry to fight for the big, the challenging, and the beautiful adventure that God has destined for us.

I long to be a woman that is known for living on the edge. I do not know where that desire will take me, but I do know that I am eager to see it, and utterly unwilling to relent to anything less than what God has for me.

My adventure cannot and will not ever be compared to another. For me, the adventure God has destined is unique. It’s something handcrafted and calculated just for me. What is an adventure for me may be a normal and mundane life for another, and what is mundane for me may be a total thrilling life for another.

All I know is that I want to do what is a passion for me. My desire is to be used by God, to impact lives, and to see God glorified. I know what God has put inside of me. I know what He has planted into my heart and until that very thing bears fruit I feel as though I am not fully living.

Not everyone understands, but everyone feels it when you’re stuck in a “job” and when you’re doing a menial task each day just to get the pay check at the end of the month; and hating each moment of it. You feel like a part of your heart has died. You feel like a piece of you is missing. Maybe you have never tasted true satisfaction from having the privilege of performing your passion everyday… maybe you have not been able to sacrifice money because there is too many other factors of responsibility involved. But I long to challenge that. I say, ask God for what HE has for you…  ask Him where HE sees you. And if you follow HIS leading, no sacrifice of things here and now will every lead you to lack. God always returns more and abundantly when we are willing to walk on water for HIM.

So my question remains, how do we live for more than this?