{"id":60,"date":"2010-02-09T01:19:25","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T01:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2010\/02\/what-is-your-holy-passion.html"},"modified":"2010-02-09T01:19:25","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T01:19:25","slug":"what-is-your-holy-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2010\/02\/what-is-your-holy-passion.html","title":{"rendered":"What is Your Holy Passion?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday at Vanguard Church, I posed this question to the congregation: "What is your holy discontent?" We all have areas of "holy discontent" that eventually lead to a "holy passion." My friend Melodie wrote the following blog post as a response. Take a minute to read it, and then leave me a comment. What's your holy discontent? Your holy passion? And, what are you going to do with it?<\/p>\n

HOLY PASSION<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n

I have many things festering in my
\nheart.  I am battling the demons of stuff, of things not important.  I
\nam trying to find a way to incorporate my life with what my heart is
\nthumping about.<\/em><\/p>\n

Since the beginning of our adoption with Desta, my thoughts about
\npoverty have changed.  I no longer see an orphan as a child in a picture
\non a screen shown during a church service.  No, an orphan is now what
\nmy daughter used to be.  That precious little girl, asleep in her crib
\nupstairs, has brought the issue of orphans smack into my heart.  And I
\nfeel like I\u2019m not doing enough.<\/em><\/p>\n

Maybe I call it a holy passion.  I am trying to find the balance
\nbetween mothering my children, living in this world, this place and
\nreconciling the issue of orphans (hundreds of thousands).  And I\u2019m
\nstumped. <\/em><\/p>\n

Because it is not easy.  It is not easy moving beyond what my heart
\nwants to actually doing something.  It\u2019s not easy surrendering comfort,
\nmy comfort, for someone else.<\/em><\/p>\n

And when I stop and think about that orphan, that child who is
\noverwhelmed with joy to get one hot meal of beans and rice, the same
\ndish, every day, that makes my heart thump even more.  Because I
\nwouldn\u2019t want to eat beans and rice, day in, day out.<\/em><\/p>\n

So my heart is thumping and my mind is swirling and I am looking for a
\nway to do something, now, to ease the ache of this holy passion
\nstirring.<\/em><\/p>\n

Melodie is the author of the "<\/strong>FULL CIRCLE<\/a>" blog.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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