Finding Your Passionate Purpose

<>We got about 100 yards from the dock and something just did not feel right. The boat was lagging and making an awful gargling noise. Even I knew something was weird … then we saw it … water in the boat! In fact, the floorboard was covered with water.

AHHHH! – we were going down in our friend’s boat, just like the Titanic. All of a sudden my dad remembered “OH NO! THE PLUG! WE FORGOT THE PLUG!” He reached in the glove compartment and pulled out the one-inch gold round thing that looks like you can screw it into a hole. I jumped up, grabbed the plug and dove in.

Mind you, I had NEVER screwed in a plug on a boat, let alone knew that boats even HAD plugs, but I was there to save the day. Gasping for air, I dove under the boat with panic in every fiber of my body. Popping up to ask where I should go, the excitement was overtaking me and I couldn’t stay under long enough to find the hole – let alone screw in the plug. I tried – for what seemed like days – until finally my brother-in- law, like a dolphin playing in the waves, dove in, grabbed the plug and screwed it in.

ALL IN ONE FELL SWOOP!

My daughters were crying (because obviously we almost died). My dad was white as a ghost, my sister was in the water too (because she thought she’d help me), my husband was sitting in the front just shaking his head, and my mom was counting all her little chickens to make sure we were all safe and sound.

Whether you are the bold-in-your-face one, the calm-precise one, the sit-back-and-soak-it-in one, or the let’s-pray-and-hold-hands one, you need to own it! God has made you that way – it’s part of your signature! Own it.