Unstoppable Passion

Over the past couple of months, I have jumped into the Young Adult Community (YAC) at Hope Presbyterian Church. I still don't know how I feel particularly about being a pres, seeing as I've been a Southern Baptist all my life, but I do know that this place has truly given me hope. After years of being numb to life and unfocused on what's really going on, I have really started to wake up.

But even though I'm consistently going to church now (Sundays plus various days of the week), I can't tell how much it's really effected my personal relationship with God. I can see myself happier and definitely more focused on the beauty of life. I see the hope I have in Christ and I know that my past sins are not counted against me.

But how much more am I really talking with God? When does my dedication to knowing Him become so fervent that I can't go a day without talking to Him? I want desperately to be a sincere Christian and not just one that seems to know what they're saying. The thing is, I truly believe in all of the inspirations which God has sent me lately and know that He is continuously there for me.

Now it's my turn to be there for Him and show up where it really counts, in personal one-on-one time with Him. I want to be doing things for His glory and not my own. My slefishness for attention and the desire for people to see me doing the "right thing" have to cease to be the factors that drive me to righteousness.

God, give me an unstoppable passion for you that can only be quenched as I bring glory to Your Name in a selfless way,

Diane Elise