I remembered the first time a drill instructor yelled at me for making bad leadership choices. He was saying to me that my decisions were costing lives.
I remembered thinking long and hard about what he said that evening. My actions or inactions as a leader from this point on could cost people their lives.
That was a sobering thought and as true as it was I was more concerned that evening with the spiritual application of his words.
I was concerned that I had not felt the passion I heard from him in relation to my calling, the war I wage and the battles I fight.
It is hard for me to maintain passion about anything. I readily recognized this in relation to my marriage. I am a man like many others.
My wife and I used to be adamant that we would never let the passion subside in our relationship. We have, or "it" has changed.
We both recognize it when we get around newlyweds. We think those youngsters are kinda korny now.
In a sense I have forgotten what it feels like to be in love. To love the woman I married, the men I serve, or the God who saved me.
When I remember my passion and first love it affects how I act, the decisions I make and the life I lead. It affects those I lead.
Valentines Day is around the corner. What do you love? What are you fighting for? Nothing! Then get back in the ring with me!
It is so easy to make my wife smile. I'm gonna do it. It is the best reinforcement I can do for the home team.
I'm gonna do it when I'm hanging around the guys in my unit. I'm not going to be silent and fearful but instead I'll stand and be faithful.
No weapon formed against me will prevail (Isa 54:17).
Let's allow Valentine's Day to stir the passion in our hearts once again.
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