What stirs my heart?

While taking some quiet time to read this morning I found an intriguing thought. I titled the post with my thought. What stirs my heart, my soul. Some of you who know me, may know that people stir my heart; words stir my heart; and most of all, God stirs my heart. These three things are passions in my life if you will. God first and foremost is a part of my life that I carry with me everywhere I go. He governs my life... when I allow Him to. He loves me always, even when I don't realize it or feel it. He's always there. For this I am truly grateful.
God is the reason why words stir my heart. It's His gift to me, or should I say in me to you. I love words. They are inspiring, thought-provoking, powerful and wonderful all at the same time. Sometimes they're even heartfelt and honest, which are the ones I like best. They can also be mean and hurtful, full of half-truths and damaging. Those are ones that I hate, that I loathe. These are the ones that I fight with on a regular basis of I'm honest with myself. The ones that run rampant thru my mind trying to get me to believe the lies about myself and others. I see it all the time in people, in myself. More in myself, but I think because I see it in me it helps me to see it also in others.
Which brings me to my third passion. The third thing that stirs my heart, people. People are created in God's image. We are like Him in different ways. Not one of us is like another, so it stands to reason that we are all like a different part of God, created to reflect Him to the world. For me, I reflect Him by my words. I'm a writer. A word person. John said, "In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, the Word was God." I am by no means claiming to be God, only that I reflect Him. Created in His image to show Himself to the world. His Word says we were created in His image and I'd like to see us start acting like it, start treating others like they are God's creation. Created to look like Him, to act like Him, to reflect Him to a lost and dying world.
Sorry, got off on a tangent again. Maybe that helps to reiterate my point. My passions are there, given to me by God, to be used for God, to help God's people.
That's all I have for now, just some food for thought after a thought captured my attention this morning. Maybe it will capture yours as well. And maybe you'll find that what stirs your heart also comes from a creative God.