Have we lost our passion?

A couple of days ago. I was reading a blog where a woman spoke on something that hit me hard. She was speaking about her daughter's love for Elmo. How when her child sees Elmo she just lights up. She states that her daughter is in love with Elmo. I too then noticed that same kind of passion, love, and adoration with my son and Thomas the train. He just gets so crazy for Thomas the train.

Then she goes on to compare how we say we love Christ but yet somewhere along the lines of life we lost that same excitement for HIM. I thought about this for a while. I had to ask myself "do I get excited for HIM the same way I would if it was something else?" I had to truly answer myself and said no. I do not know. I love the Lord but not in the same manner my son would when he sees Thomas the Train.

I do not know why? As we get older the simplicity of things change. For children they see less complicated things in life then we do. They are just so innocent and our eyes are more cloudy. Why do we lose that passion, that zeal for Christ? This woman got me thinking than ever. She made such a good point. I can remember the first time I got saved and how I was just so on fire for Christ. And, now, it is not the same. I do not know if it is the busyness of life or just things happen to make you question sometimes. But, I am more determine than ever to get that fire back. I do not want to lose my fire but I want to continue to have the blazes burn higher and stronger.

This is something I will continue to pray about and work on. Because, I want to be aware of how I am treating my God.