I went into Starbucks this morning to get a Grande Iced Coffee.  While I was waiting, I was looking at the wall art and noticed a theme: the one thing.  It’s repeated over and over all over the walls.

At Starbucks, their one thing is obvious.  It’s coffee.  Yes, they do pastries, tea, and other things too, but coffee is who they are.  It’s what they excel at.

Each of us need to have our one thing.  The thing we’re great at, our passion, our way of life.  For me, my personal one thing is passionately sharing with children not only what Christians believe, but why we believe it.   Our church’s children’s ministry’s one thing is raising kids to be their best physically, mentally, and spiritually.  KidzMatter’s one thing is to partner with churches to help them to make an eternal impact in the lives of kids.

You would be amazed at how many people don’t know what their one thing is.  They may be able to give you a general answer like “Jesus” or “children’s ministry”, but lots of people have those one things.  You have to personalize it.  You have to make it about the thing you are singly most passionate about.  It’s just like choosing your topic for a paper or speech back in high school.  Children’s ministry is a much too wide topic.  But if you limit it down to something very specific, it creates something much better.

Your one thing doesn’t have to be exclusive.  You can have other passions and things you do well.  But you need to have a main thing, your greatest passion.  It’s what makes you remarkable; it’s what makes you, you.

So think about what your one thing is.  Share it with us in the comments.

P.S.  Sorry I’ve been strangely absent the last month or so!  I’ve been taking some early college classes at a local university, and it’s made life a little bit crazy.  I’m back now, so look forward to hearing more from me soon!