So... recently I have been influenced by a great deal of passions... I experience beautiful expressions of humanity and I am moved to act and be a part of their journey... I hear and experience awe inspiring music and I decide that I want to be be a song writer and share with the world something more than me... I witness great feats of performance and I feel an almost instinctual drawing to be a part of the stage... to break away from normality and become someone else and be able to freely explore the infinite depth that is found in the truth of acting... I am driven to want to explore the world and journey to far distant lands and attempt through Christ to be His vessel of world change there...
There are even silly endeavors, for example, I recently went to Sea World with my mom and I marveled at the grace and beauty of the Shamu show (I know, corny right?)... so out of curiosity I looked up what it takes to be a whale trainer: it turns out all you have to do is be scuba certified, swim 200 ft. above water, swim 100 ft. under water, free dive to 26ft. under water, have zoology experience, have performance experience, and have some course work in marine biology... NOW that may sound like a lot, but I've been practicing my swimming just for the heck of it... I can now swim 75ft. underwater and pssh 200ft. in water... I saw an old guy (like 70's) swimming at least that much...
Ok, enough of that tangent, back to the point of this blog...
I want to know if anyone else is driven by multiple passions like myself? Because I would hate to be the only one... But you know what, these passions of God, music, theatre, missions, and people have been my core passions for quite some time now...
ONLY WHERE AND HOW CAN I BEGIN TO APPLY THEM?
So that's the rub... I am hit with a tidal wave of passions and almost zero direction...
I have experience, skills, education, drive, and a heart to serve... but on the other hand I doubt who I am... and what I can do...
So I am washed away by my passions, desperately clinging to anything that will stick, or the little planks of wood that seem to offer a resemblance of stability... so that is the current situation...
All the while there is the real life responsibilities that need to be taken care of, like bills, finding a job, maintaining good health...
Above all I am so blessed with the opportunity to forge a new beginning with Christ and with my awesome friends and family...
So as this tidal wave of passions envelop me I am confident that something will stick and maybe I could do it all... who wouldn't want to be an actor/musician/song writer/missionary/pastor/whale trainer/people lover... servant of the Most High God...
Ok, maybe nothing profound was said in this blog, but sometimes blogs like this are good...
I pray blessings for you all...
Sam
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I, too, have many many interests, all of them equally strong, ranging from arts to science to health. But God always has a plan that will use most if not all of those :) It's a tough road to get there sometimes, but even the in-between times are seasonss used by God to train us. Good luck :)
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