What are you truly passionate about?! Find it!!!

Psalm 46:10 "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."

I love days like today. I was about 3 days late getting started with my college courses b/c I was waiting for one of my last transcripts to come in. But today was the day, I got registered and my ID made and went to the bookstore to price my books. I am super excited! It has been 10 years since I put my education on hold to stay home and raise my children. I'm excited also about the major I'm studying. Public Relations.

As my admissions counselor went over my transcripts I was really impressed that I have more credit hours than I thought. I told my grandmother that I could possibly graduate by May but then I started looking at my major and was a little disappointed at the credit hours I have to make up in my major. Anyway, at least I'm moving forward again and I cannot contain my excitement over it.

I tried to get all of my classes on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays but it didn't work out that way. So I have to give up my volunteer work with the American Red Cross, for now. My schedule won't allow me to go to McKenzie every other month to do blood drives. Sometimes we have to weigh the benefits with what we are giving our time to. My education has been something I've wanted to complete for many years but raising my children was more important. Now having my education is a pressing matter compared to my volunteer work. I've volunteered a number of years for Relay for Life also. My volunteer heart speaks for itself.

So tonight at church Brother Jeff challenged us to find something we were passionate about and turn it into something that brings glory to God's Kingdom and helps further His Kingdom. You had to be there tonight as Brother Jeff was truly calling us to "get focused on Christ". He had me laughing out loud when he said and I wrote it down to quote him, "Let's read scripture and do what it says not just read the by-laws and do what they say." The church where I just moved my membership to in Memphis is a small but loving Baptist church in the heart of the city or inside the 240 loop as they say. We should "look at our gifts and passions as we look at Jesus and get them to line up." God is able to share in abundance what you need in order to do what you have a passion for. Brother Jeff wanted us to ask ourselves what is He calling me to be a part of RIGHT NOW.

The scripture we studied to go along with this was 2 Corinthians 9:6-11. As I draw this entry to a close I will soon be changing this blogspot to The Locust Project. My passion is to help people who have lost years with their mothers due to what the locust have eaten or, as in my case, taken away. God is a God of restoral. My mother and me are proof of that. I'm having so much fun with her every day of my life.