Love What You're Doing

"So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her." Genesis 29:20

This verse only serves as an example of what I'm trying to say right here, right now. In the context with the verses around it, Jacob met a man named Laban who had 2 daughters and he liked Leah, the older of the two, but he was in love with Rachel, the younger. So he made a deal with Laban that he would serve seven years for Rachel's hand in marriage. As the verse says, he served for seven whole years before he could marry her, but he did so willingly, because he loved Rachel so much, and he kepts his eyes on his goal, of having Rachel as his wife. If you read on, you'll see that the Laban acutally gives Jacob Leah first, because he didn't feel it right to give the younger of the two before the older, so Jacob was married to Leah, but he desperately loved Rachel. He then worked another seven years for Rachel's hand. Jacob was not happy with Laban, but he would not be denied of  Rachel, so he willingly gave up 14 years of his life. It doesn't say much for the second term of seven years, but I'm sure because of his love for Rachel, that they went by equally as quick. We all have those things that will fly by, because we love what we're doing, or what we're doing it for.

For me personally, Work Crew flew by. I loved almost everything about it. The people, the reason we were there, and everyhting else. The month I was there felt so quick, that I just couldn't believe it was over. When your heart is full of love for whatever you're doing, you will see that it flies so quickly. For those who love a sport, like I loved baseball, and football. Practices seemed to flow by most days, because I was just happy to be where I was. Work Crew, we were told that our goal was to serve kids for Christ, and hopefully see them turn their lives around completely. We loved seeing that, and that's what drove us.

I want you to think about the things you're passionate about. If you can, find a way to make it something you can do for your job. Find a goal you want to accomplish, and set it somewhere where you can work towards it, because it will make everything seem so much better.  We talk about enthusiasm a lot in my school. If you love something, you're going to be enthusiastic about it. No matter how much it could suck, if you love it, it never does. That verse really stuck out to me, because I want to love someone so much that a lot of hard work seems like nothing because of my love for them, or my love for what I'm doing.

Love what you do. Do what you love.
TJ