Passion

 

Song 8:6

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm:

for love is strong as death

KJV

Passion is like the Tempest wind, which drives us until we are either shipwrecked or satisfied. If we harness the wind it shall fuel our sails, if we focus the fire it shall burn through steel, and who shall deny the Almighty His passion? What kind of life is lived without passion? It is a shallow life that knows no heights, that plunges not the depths of love. Our hearts are broken and shattered, exalted then crushed, refreshed, exhilarated, disappointed again, all so that we know too well, deep gratitude for love.

 

“ It is better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.”

~ Alfred Lord Tennyson

Many people live their life trying to bypass pain, managing risk by avoidance. They never put their heart in jeopardy. In so doing, they inadvertently diminish the opportunity for their joy to be fully satisfied as God intended. It is much easier to tame a wild stallion, than to ride a dead donkey. Though the donkey shall not throw you, neither shall it take you anywhere. People are fearful of passion, perhaps for good reason. Passion out-of-control causes rage, murder and wars; misplaced passion causes affairs, marital breakups and broken homes. What about passion under control? Why not be zealous in a good thing? Righteous passion ( focused in the right place) such as; towards God, our spouses, our children and establishing righteousness in society, is not only a good thing, but is an absolute necessity! Our children should be inspired as we live out our deep convictions, rather than turned off by a wishy-washy shallow faith, marred with hypocrisy. Many marriages are dying because they do not stir the passion, if you do not attend the embers the fire will go out! At one time, you loved your spouse enough to pledge your undying devotion, you vowed to love them, “till death do you part.” Why did you allow apathy to drive a wedge between you? Stir up the passion, set you’re affections where they belong, draw near to your love and savor each intimate moment. We are commanded to; “Love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength!” This is not just a quaint suggestion, or noble concept, nor was it meant to be squelched by religious forms that suffocate the fire. It demands intimacy, passion, and constant attention lest we seek affections elsewhere. If love is not intimate, neither can it be fruitful! If love is not passionate it will slowly petrify. Within any healthy relationship that maximizes the beauty of intimacy, each person focuses on the pleasure and satisfaction of their partner, and not of themselves. As the bride of Christ learns to please Him in all things, He cannot help but to lavish upon her blessings and pleasures, beyond her imagination. He will satisfy her deepest longings and bring forth fruit that remains!

“…I wanted to live deliberately,

I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life,

to put to rout all that was not life

and not when I had come to die discover that I had not lived.”

~ Henry David Thoreau

Comments

[Cindy Smith]

Hi Todd... I love your background music and your site. God Bless

[Gail]

Last time I was on here, I didn't notice your music in the background. This time I did. What song do you have playing? The words struck me as it directly related to spiritual experiences when I was a child.

Yes, He allows us to experience the feeling of loss so that we are drawn to Him to fill up the hole the loss created.