I recently learned that the word enthusiasm comes from two Greek words, en and theos. En is the word "in" and theos is the word "God", so enthusiasm means "In God." When I read that I thought "Yes!" When I'm "In God" there is a burning enthusiasm that energizes every part of my life. The closer I am to God, the more I burn with joy.
The opposite is also true and like the Force in Star Wars, there's a Dark side. It competes against the Light for my attention and affections. The more I slide to the captivity of the Dark side the more I manifest it's non-enthusiastic expressions of depression, doubt, questioning and complaining.
The good (and bad) news is I'm not stuck, I can always move. The more I allow God to captivate my affections the more enthusiasm I experience; the more I yield to Dark affections the heavier my heart will be. I'm sticking on the Light side.
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