God is doing great and mighty things here in Herrnhut! The lectures have been AMAZING and each one hits right at home. Tuesday Dan taught about blessings and priorities, and my mind has totally been transformed. God doesn’t look to judge us, He is constantly looking for ways to bless us! It is what consumes Him. To top that, He doesn’t want to bless us according to our idea of blessings, or what we think we deserve, but He wants to bless us according to His standards. So, often times we find ourselves in moments of shock because God blessed us in a way we thought was impossible. It is insane! And looking back to exact moments in my life I have found this to be exactly true. I just wish I had known more about it then. But that is also what I am learning, life is about discovering more of who God is over and over and over again!

The second lecture was about priorities and this is what really got me. I learned it is more an issue of my heart when figuring out what my priorities are. So instead of putting my priorities in two different lists, say secular and spiritual, I need to put God in the middle of everything I do. Eventually He consumes every area of my life and He becomes my only priority. Its as simple as eating popcorn and thinking, “thanks God for this popcorn!”

Wednesday was amazing as well. In the first lecture we learned about passion by filling a board with definitions of the word. 

Passion:

-is when your heart beats fast and your mind soars with excitement

-is consuming

-is reckless devotion

-is hot not cold about something

-is something you desire to share

-is a roaring fire

-is contagious

-is attracting

-kills fear of man

-is defining

-demands action

-is long term

Along with defining passion we came to the realization that passion surpasses emotions and remains despite the circumstances. It is based on God’s commitment to  me and my commitment to Him because God’s character is the foundation of passion. So I ask, what are you passionate about?