passion for god

Re: Rules for Life, Passion
Fr: Michele Bartholomew (2007 Dec 5). http://michelebartholomew.blogspot.com/

Lion Chaser’s Manifesto*

Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death.
Set God-sized goals.
Pursue God-ordained passions.
Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention.
Keep asking questions.
Keep making mistakes.
Keep seeking God.
Stop pointing out problems and become part of the solution.
Stop repeating the past and start creating the future.
Stop playing it safe and start taking risks.
Expand your horizons.
Accumulate experiences.
Consider the lilies.
Enjoy the journey.
Find every excuse you can to celebrate everything you can.
Live like today is the first and the last day of your life.
Don’t let what’s wrong with you keep you from worshipping what’s right with God.
Burn sinful bridges.
Blaze a new trail.
Criticize by creating.
Worry less about what people think and more about what God thinks.
Don’t try to be who you’re not. Be yourself.
Laugh at yourself.
Quit holding out. Quit holding back. Quit running away. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*The lion chaser refers to Beniah, one of King David’s mighty men found in 2 Samuel 23:20 (also 1 Chronicles 11:22). “Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a valiant warrior from Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he struck down two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen. [21] And he killed an Egyptian, a handsome man. … [he] snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear. [22] …. And David put him in charge of the bodyguard.”