Tonight in Lifespan Development, Ted showed us a couple videos from Britain's Got Talent.
One of the clips was Shaheen Jafargholi's audition. If you choose not to watch the video, and I hope you do, let me describe it. Shaheen comes onstage planning to sing "Valerie" as sung by Amy Winehouse. (It was one of the songs that they sang on "Glee" at the first competition this season. Santana sang the solo.) He starts out wonderfully. Clearly, this kid is good. But before he can get very far, Simon stops him. Devastation. I can only imagine how crushed Shaheen felt. Simon asks if he has something else prepared. Michael Jackson. He rocks an M.J. song. All he needed was some redirection.
Ted was super preachy tonight, so he talked about how God sometimes redirects our passions.
Yep, that has been happening in my life.
Last January, I wrote about the woman I thought I wanted to be. Because of my love for baking and making people happy, and my desire to get married, I gave up some passion. Looking back, the life that I wanted to live was not a very good life, nor was it really what God was calling me to.
Last Sunday, Pastor Jay talked about idols and challenged us to write down something that God was calling us to give up. I had been trying for so long to give up my desire to find out who my future husband is. I wrote that down and put it in the flowerpots at the front. I prayed so hard. That was true repentance. And it was only by the grace of God.
Since then, God has been so good. For the past couple of months, my dream was to the wife in a husband-and-wife music team. This, of course, depended on my husband being a musician. And that wasn't going to work.
So.
The Hopeful Epicurean.
That is the name of my bakery/coffee shop.
This summer begins my at-home training and recipe development. And, I hope, the start of sales.
I have a new dream that doesn't depend on having a husband.
It only depends on God. And that is a wonderful place to finally be.
One of the clips was Shaheen Jafargholi's audition. If you choose not to watch the video, and I hope you do, let me describe it. Shaheen comes onstage planning to sing "Valerie" as sung by Amy Winehouse. (It was one of the songs that they sang on "Glee" at the first competition this season. Santana sang the solo.) He starts out wonderfully. Clearly, this kid is good. But before he can get very far, Simon stops him. Devastation. I can only imagine how crushed Shaheen felt. Simon asks if he has something else prepared. Michael Jackson. He rocks an M.J. song. All he needed was some redirection.
Ted was super preachy tonight, so he talked about how God sometimes redirects our passions.
Yep, that has been happening in my life.
Last January, I wrote about the woman I thought I wanted to be. Because of my love for baking and making people happy, and my desire to get married, I gave up some passion. Looking back, the life that I wanted to live was not a very good life, nor was it really what God was calling me to.
Last Sunday, Pastor Jay talked about idols and challenged us to write down something that God was calling us to give up. I had been trying for so long to give up my desire to find out who my future husband is. I wrote that down and put it in the flowerpots at the front. I prayed so hard. That was true repentance. And it was only by the grace of God.
Since then, God has been so good. For the past couple of months, my dream was to the wife in a husband-and-wife music team. This, of course, depended on my husband being a musician. And that wasn't going to work.
So.
The Hopeful Epicurean.
That is the name of my bakery/coffee shop.
This summer begins my at-home training and recipe development. And, I hope, the start of sales.
I have a new dream that doesn't depend on having a husband.
It only depends on God. And that is a wonderful place to finally be.
1 comment:
Yay, I celebrate this re-direction of hopes and dreams in your life!
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