Irwin will be dearly missed...

Unless you are living in a remote corner of the world with no TV or knowledge of the outside world, you would know that Steve Irwin, the dearly loved and utterly amazing Crocodile Hunter died when trying to film a documentary about sting rays for his daughter, Bindi, in the Great Barrier Reefs. Some say that though it is a tragic loss, he died doing something he loved and that is how he wants to be remembered, his love for nature and wildlife.

I was shocked, flabbergasted and then very very very sad when I first heard the news from my sister who is living in Melbourne. I couldn't imagine what Terri, Bindi and Bob would be going through now...I felt a deep sense of Steve-withdrawal-sadness as I contemplated the reality of not being about to see this bouncing Aussie bloke jumping around on top of crocodiles and being nibbed on the nose my snakes and hearing him yell "Crikey!" and "What a beaut!" Then i tried to imagine what Terri, Bindi and Bob must be 1 million times more overwhelming than I can even come close to feeling. Steve is an amazing father of 2 beautiful children and none is as involved as Steve in the life of his children. Even on duty, he was thinking of his daughter...filming a footage for Bindi's doco while on a break from his own doco duties. And you could see Bindi adoration of her father even through the photos and footages of Steve and his bold daughter, who is already pouncing on crocodiles at her young age. Wow...the thought just overwhelmed me. But in the midst of all the sadness, Steve's own words in a special dedication about Steve titled "Steve Irwin's Amazing Life" on Who really touched me...

"I'd love to live until I'm 80. I want to see my daughter grow up; I want to love my wife. I hope I live a long and healthy life but if I don't...I have had such a wonderful, fulfilled life and I get what a lot of other people don't get, which is to educate people about conservation. There's my reason for living, my passion. This is why God created me."

I stopped there and held in the tears. It's such a statement of humble thankfulness for the things he has in life and being able to do the things he loves. It radiates out of his every being!!! His passion and love of wildlife and his family. And not many people are like him in this world...going all out to do what he believed in and is passionate about. And I asked myself, "Can I say with such confidence that I knew the reason why God created me?" And do I pursue it will such utter passion that it shows through my pores????

Then this morning, I was browsing through my long forgotten subscriptions of Heartlight daily email encouragements and came across this on "TODAY'S VERSE from HEARTLIGHT"...

"Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground." (Psalm 143:10)

THOUGHT:
We want the Spirit to be at work in us to make us like Jesus. For this to happen, we must open our hearts to the will of God. There are no greater words God wants to hear than "teach me to do
your will." That is what it means for him to be God, to have control over our lives and our wills.

To understand, accept and take on the very reason that God created for is a powerful thing in life. And i hope that like Steve, more of us can find and pursue the mantle that God has set aside for each of us...and that we will pursue it with passion and find the greatest joy in it.

Amen.

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Comments

[Cyril]

Hey...yeah he was an awesome guy though i did not know much about him.I remember the day i saw the news, i could not believe that he died like that, i was so shocked with tears running down my face thinking what a man he was and what he did so much for all those animals.He was like a father to them but yeah i hope that the lord will take care of him and his family.
By the way hw r u...and thanx for the birthday gift^_^