Being Great At What You Do

My father-in-law is great at what he does.  He loves what he does.  He eats, sleeps, breaths and talks about what he does.  In his case, what he does and who he is really equal up.  (That’s not usually the case in people.)  I want to take a few words and honor his dedication to what he does and to how faithfully, fervently and excitedly he does it.

My father-in-law, Gary, is the Director of Catholic Music at the Air Force Academy.  I have the privilege of working with him on the Catholic staff at the Academy and I know, firsthand, that he is incredibly dedicated to his portion of our ministry.  See, what Gary does is he puts his passion to work for the Lord and he doesn’t hold anything back.  Sunday was a great example of that when he showed his mastery of fine choral music with a concert by the Catholic Cadet Choir, Men in Blaque (a men’s vocal group from the Univ of California, Irvine), In the Stairwell (a men’s a capella group from USAFA) and the Cadet Orchestra.  The concert was a resounding success and Gary is at the heart of that success.  Yes, the voices and instruments make it, but he put his heart and soul into the logistics, planning, timing, musicianship and professionalism of the concert.  To that, a job well done Gary!

My point with this today is that we should all be putting our passion to work for the Lord.  Find what it is that God created you to do and do it, fervently and with joy!  For Him!  If more men would live out their passions in life, we’d all be better off.

Man up!