Fired Up Like A First-timer!

I met this great friend of mine from half the world who brought me back me to church, toured me around his country and taught me Photography (not necessarily in order). One time we decided to write each other how God has been good to us each day for 365 days. This was my 9th entry to Project 365 written 19th of May 2010.

Fired Up Like A First-timer!

Remember that feeling of first day of school? We try hard to keep those clean sheets of papers and notebooks. We keep our unifoms free from dirt. We are careful in flipping the pages of those new books. We don't want to be absent because we don't want to miss a thing. We take notes of almost everything.

Remember that first time you learned to take pictures? You were eager to know everything there is to know. You get frustrated not being able to do certain stuff. You want to take pictures of almost everything. You imagine things. You create a setting in your mind. "If I only have this, if I only have that, would have this and that!"

Remember the chasing stage of two people who like each other? You want to spend almost every minute of your life with the other person; you never get tired or no matter how tiring the day turned out, seeing the one you love brightens up everything. Just a touch of the hand gives you butterflies in your stomach.; the mere presence keeps all worries and fears away in an almost magical way. Also, sometimes you wonder why you hurt for no reason and you can't even imagine the thought of being away from each other.

A person who has wholeheartedly accepted the Lord for the first time can feel exactly the same. It's amazing! You are fired up! You get so hungry of His word. You want to do this and that for Him. You prioritize God and His work. You make Him the end all and be all of your life. You get excited going to church. You reflect on what He has done for you and be grateful. You love Him so much that it hurts when you feel you are an inch away from Him. You find a way to do what He wants you to. You dig His word not out of sense of duty but out of the abundace of your love for Him. You obey Him not because you have to but because you can.

When was the last time you fired up for Him like a first-timer?

"But I have this against you. That you have abandoned the love you had at first." (Revelation 2:4)