Heroes - Watercooler Wednesdays
April 23rd, 2008Hey there! Here’s another post that’s part of the Watercooler Wednesdays discussion on arts and culture.
Thought I’d try to start a conversation about heroes today.
Do you have any heroes? People who you look up to who have done something great to impact the lives of many or to impact the lives of those closest to them?
Rich Mullins has been a hero and role model of mine, and I’m really glad that he chased after what he was made for. He lived a passionate life of sacrifice and service, doing the things with excellence that had been placed in his heart by God. Like his Creator, Rich also created beauty and spoke life-giving words.
What do you think the world would be like if your hero had never lived or had left their work undone? I know that without Rich, we’d be missing a lot of really great writing and music, and I think there are quite a few people who would have gone without a pretty special friend as well.
How ’bout you… Do you have an idea of what you were made to do or how the world will be different if you don’t follow through?
I believe that there is a purpose God intended for every part of His creation, and that if we don’t fulfill our purpose, other people lose out. On the other hand, if we live life with passion and go after the purposes that God made us for, imagine how the world will be different once we’re done!
I am just starting to learn that my life is a winsome story that should make others want to lean in and hear. I was made to be an incredible wife and mother and if I don’t do it, my husband and kids won’t be everything God wants them to be.
This is a topic I posted on this past week. Do I stay the career course or follow a passion to serve as a new career? Reading the book You, God’s Brand-New Idea, Made to be Amazing by Max Lucado has this very ideology. The world tells us we can be/do anything we want to do in life, but in reality we should be focusing on what God’s purpose is for our life. Then and only then will we be completely satisfied. Phillipians 4:9 MSG - God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies.
I find my response resonates with Amy’s - the question of my purpose has flitted through my thoughts often of late.
I find it comforting, realizing my life was made with purpose. I often live double-minded, unstable in my desires and dreams, but it gives me great comfort recognizing God made my life with purpose, and that if I pray and seek Him, He will show me what those plans are.
Often times, it is after a season of quiet contemplation and devotion that I am able to trust my heart with the things it delights in. If I just do what I like, without first setting my heart on Christ and His kingdom, I may find my desires and His at odds, but if I seek first His kingdom, as His word demands, then He will add all else, including my heart’s desire, and the fulfillment of my dreams.