TIRED AND INSPIRED

For me there is the type of tired that comes from the daily grind where you just are left feeling exhausted. It isn't necessarily a good feeling, but it is one that definitely sags the soul with fatigue.

Then there are the times when we expend every ounce of our energy for a dream. Something stirs deep within, the passion juices start flowing and we feel utterly alive with enthusiasm.

During those moments we also end up tired, but somehow it just doesn't bother us as much. For there is a warm inside that compensates for all the draining of energy. It is a good feeling. One we can cherish and remember.

But again I think that comes from some sense of having desire and passion energized whatever we are doing. Then we feel the purpose and need of an activity that goes beyond the drudgery of doing it just to do it.

I think from my point of view the spiritual realm is one this applies to more than any other. For those that never experience that type of connection they probably will never understand how incredible such moments truly can touch the soul.

However, if you are among those so blessed, you wouldn't never exchange that sense of doing something that you know counts in eternity. When the Holy Spirit caresses with that kind of thought it just blurs everything else.

Passion flows like a river to the point you feel almost breathless with the shear force of joy that explodes. And it quakes you down to the very marrow of your life. Because somewhere in the process you see God. You know he is presence and watching.

We who believe are aware of that fact anyway. It is just that when you have that sense from some activity it becomes so much more intense in life in many ways.

It is the inspiration that gives one that special motivation to do things that to others might seem strange or unusual when it is related to the spiritual realm. People who do not have the Holy Spirit in their lives will never understand why people can be driven to such extremes in a good way for the Lord.

They will tolerate hardship and struggle without complaint at times and not give up even when others might. All because of that flame of heaven that burns deep within that can't be quenched by life or sin.

It is the jewel of eternal shining that glows beyond the simple quantities of values some cherish. To know it and sense it is something that nothing else will ever satisfy with the same measure of touch.

I pray that as many as can call upon the Lord will know this joy in their own lives. It is enough at times though one has to experience it to truly understand.