Feeling the Spark?

                                                    Sparks!

           

You know the feeling when you fall in love… or at least really like someone. There’s the person who you are good friends with and enjoy hanging out with… but then there’s the person who, when your with them, you have those butterfly feelings in your stomach, they make you blush, and pretty much you’d do anything to be around them.

Those feelings feel very real and strong. If I’d ask you which person you’d like to marry, I’d bet pretty high it would be the person you have strong feelings for. Why? Because there’s a spark there… something  alive. And although I know that feelings alone is not what carries you through a relationship, they are critical to keeping the relationship alive.

What do experts always say when a couple has hit a plateau and they are completely bored with eachother? Don’t they always try to get the couple back to what first attracted them to eachother? Doesn’t he try to get them to do special things for eachother to spark those feelings again? It’s that spark that reminds the couple why they’re doing this. It’s why they thought they could ever do this. It’s that spark that helps them realize this is meant to be. And they will do anything to make it work. No matter what comes against them, they can hold their head high and say, I know this is real because I felt that love, so nothing can stop us.

Why am I saying all this? Especially since I’m not married, what do I know about love? Well my point in this post really has nothing to do with marriage or relationships. And by the way, I might know more about love than you think. But that’s beside the point as well.

I want to refer to that spark as that something that gives you joy and purpose in life. The following are questions we all long to find answers for: What’s my purpose in life? What is my dream job? What career should I pursue? What do I love doing? Why am I not happy? Why do I not feel fulfilled? Why do I burn out so easily? Why do I not even want to start something new?

I used to burn out pretty quick after I tried anything. I would do something I thought I had a passion for, and I thought it would be so wonderful if I could become this person e.g. actress, drama teacher, youth leader. But not too long into it I would burn out. Why? These were things I enjoyed doing. But these were not things that gave me a giddy feeling inside, that made me flush with excitement, that I couldn’t stop thinking about.

One of my goals in life is to keep things simple.

1) I’m ok with exploring different things till I find that spark. 2) I’m not afraid to say no to the other good things. 3) When I feel a spark, I pay attention to it and I nurture it. 4) And when I’m far down this road, and I find myself in a place where it would seem easy to give up, I remind myself of that spark I felt, that giddy feeling I had in my tummy. There was something real, something alive. And I step back till I feel that spark again. And so nothing can come against me. It doesn’t matter what people say about me, I know this is real and it will keep on going.

I would like to propose that that spark you feel could be the Creator. He’s really not that complicated. And when he sets that dream He gave you on fire no opposition can quench it. You just have to know it’s real. It’s not about you anyway. It’s His dream, and so you don’t need to have any worries that you’re going to burn out.

Also Holy Spirit, the Creator, is a moving, changing being. If you’re scared of being stuck in one place, you need to get back to what you love – back to where you felt that spark; because that spark can become an unstoppable fire of joy and purpose in life.

Can you think of a moment where you felt very alive and happy?