Be Ashamed to Die Until You Have Won Some Victory for Humanity. - Horace Mann
Why are some of us born with that kind of passion and drive and others, well, not so much? When I heard this quote, it resonated with my spirit so much that I wanted to get it tattooed around my wrist. Ever since I was a little girl, I have wanted to make a difference in my world...make an impact...leave my mark...and leave this world a little better in the dust of the path I blazed. The fire I feel in my heart is not something I put there myself. Sometimes, I wish I could just be content to hang out and enjoy life without a care...without thinking and feeling so much. But that fire, that drive is simply who I am. I was born with it, but before I gave my life to Christ I channelled that fire in all the wrong directions.
It is hard to contain fire and if you don't put up boundaries to keep it in the right places, it will destroy everything around it. Even just the smoke from the flames can cause damage if it isn't contained and channelled upward. Think about your fireplace...when the fire is contained and channelled upward it warms everyone in the house without harming them.
So it is with passion...when it is contained and channelled in the right direction,
it warms everyone around you without harming them.
I will be ashamed to die before I have won some victory for humanity...
but let me win it through Christ. May my fire always be channelled upward toward Him.
