Excitement Wears Off

Everybody was jazzed, excited, pumped up! The group was headed to a soccer game.  The first time for most of them in a major world stadium.  They were excited but it quickly waned as the game remained scoreless for over an hour.  Excitement gave way to weariness and boredom.  Excitement will only carry you so far.  The new chapter of your life begins with a lot of excitement.  But after a short period that excitement will wear off.  Then you are left with finding the real reasons you started to begin with.  That’s when you turn to the deep and quiet call of God – who wired you, gifted you, and shaped you uniquely.  You move ahead not so much out of excitement but out of a sense that God has called you; this is the pathway to fulfillment.  This is what you were created for.  Following God’s call becomes the source of your vocation.  It gives you meaning and value even after the excitement wears off.

 

You’re Invited:

Sundays  7:00pm – Interactive Dialogue – LAPC Room (east campus)

Mondays 7:00pm – Graduate Chapel – VIP Room (west campus)

4:30 – 7pm – Pastoral Prayer Drop In – Green Room (west campus)

Tuesdays 3:00- 5:00pm Pastoral Prayer Drop In – Green Room

7:30pm – Fellowship – Wilden Pump Room (east campus)

Wednesdays 6:30pm – Fellowship – Duke Lounge (west campus)

*Each Regional Center or Department has special SoulQuest events.  Check with the program office for details.

 

If you have any prayer requests, let me know.  Our Prayer Partners will pray for you.

 

Blessings,

Kevin

One Comment

  1. Peter says:

    Great article Kelvin, You have given here the fact that for what reason we have been created. Your article has made me think that when and why our excitement increases and how it decreases after a certain period of time. We start feeling bored and start calling god
    and start deep thinking.

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Kevin Mannoia

 http://www.apu.edu/soulquest/

I am the Graduate Chaplain for SoulQuest, the spiritual care ministry of Azusa Pacific University's graduate and professional students.

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