...searching for something

You must worship no other gods, but only the LORD (Yahweh), for he is a God who is passionate about his relationship with you. [Exodus 34:14]

two words strike me in this passage: passion and relationship. i'm searching for something...and i think it's my passion. either i haven't completely discovered it yet, or i've misplaced it, or i just need to fine-tune it. "fine-tune it". that one's from my pastor. and i think he might be right. just when i thought youth work, church work was out of my future, God puts someone else in my life to redirect me, to ground me...or just to provide further anxiety. ha. it's easy for God to say he's got a passion...he's God. but it's kinda cool to think that on the top of his list is us. here's the setting. God wants a people to call his own, and who in turn will commit to serving Him. they weren't so good at that. before God even gives them a place to stay, his people decide that they need a visible god...and so they make a golden cow. after much debate between God and the leader of these people, God decides to stick with them. it was a close call...i think he was gonna walk away (wouldn't you?). but he doesn't. and it's in this moment, after threatening to walk off, that God reveals His true nature, his drive....the thing that gets him up in the morning. He is passionate about his relationship with us. if that's God's drive, then wouldn't it come to pass that his passions might just rub off on us a little? It's pretty obvious that it has. i don't think there's a soul on this earth who doesn't want to be in relationship with other people. hmmmm...interesting. do relationships get me up in the morning? nope...i blame that on my alarm clock. should they? one more thing to work on...i'll add it to the list. crap. and the search continues...