What Makes You Passionate for Jesus? - Bill Love
What Makes You Passionate for Jesus?
By Bill Love
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
May 30, 2013
If someone asked, "What makes you passionate for Jesus," what would you say? Recently, I was asked that very question. In search for an answer, I found myself recalling those special "holy mountain top" experiences in my life where I could sense God's presence; as well as some "dark night of the soul" moments when I felt all alone and wasn't sure what to believe or what direction to go. Each, ultimately have brought me closer to the Lord and have helped make me all the more passionate for Him.
As a "cradle Episcopalian" God and the Church have been an important part of my life for as long as I can remember. When I was about five, I asked a visiting priest if I could help him carry things in from his car for the service. He handed me his Bible to carry. To this day, I remember how proud and special I felt carrying the Bible. At that time I couldn't tell you much about the Bible other than that it was holy.
My love for the Lord and His Church really began to grow when we moved to East Texas and started attending St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in Mineola. Fr. Ralph Woods took me under his wing, let me serve as an acolyte, taught, encouraged and inspired me. He was the one who first planted the seeds about becoming a priest. Jokingly he would say, "When you become a bishop..." Little did either of us know what the future held. I first sensed a possible call to the priesthood when I was in High School, but believed it was too limiting. Instead, I dreamed of becoming a great journalist, thinking that if I could learn to write, I would be able to touch on a number of different important topics and help change the world. Although I majored in journalism, I would later discover the life of a journalist was not what God had planned.
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By Bill Love
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
May 30, 2013
As a "cradle Episcopalian" God and the Church have been an important part of my life for as long as I can remember. When I was about five, I asked a visiting priest if I could help him carry things in from his car for the service. He handed me his Bible to carry. To this day, I remember how proud and special I felt carrying the Bible. At that time I couldn't tell you much about the Bible other than that it was holy.
My love for the Lord and His Church really began to grow when we moved to East Texas and started attending St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in Mineola. Fr. Ralph Woods took me under his wing, let me serve as an acolyte, taught, encouraged and inspired me. He was the one who first planted the seeds about becoming a priest. Jokingly he would say, "When you become a bishop..." Little did either of us know what the future held. I first sensed a possible call to the priesthood when I was in High School, but believed it was too limiting. Instead, I dreamed of becoming a great journalist, thinking that if I could learn to write, I would be able to touch on a number of different important topics and help change the world. Although I majored in journalism, I would later discover the life of a journalist was not what God had planned.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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