Episode 23: Eric Himes

Eric Himes is our 23rd guest!  In this episode Eric with share with us how he discovered his DIY skillset especially with his daughter Wendy, how he decided on his college major, he shares about a turning point for himself when he considered driving to New York with a tank of gas and $900 to his instead of going on a missions trip, Eric shares about several various musical chapters/moments through his story, how he persevered through the no’s in his life, how his Russian class was the easiest ever-yes that is right Russian, what life was like post college, how he fought to find the beauty and purpose in the real adult world, how God gave Eric some of his passions of teaching guitar lessons and leading a dodgeball night at his church and a band he started, he goes on to talk about his time in leading youth ministry, young adult ministry,  and diving deep into talking about the motivations behind your passions the who or what is validating your passions.  You are for sure going to want to lean in and not miss hearing Eric’s story in pursuing things he is passionate about through his different creative outlets such as praise band and ministry leadership position with young adults. 

There were so many good quotes and nuggets of wisdom from Eric this episode that I wanted to share with you all!

“Looking back on my life now there are not many natural gifts that I have, there is only passion and determination.”

 

“When we get to Heaven, I want God to show what I did with the 10% gift He gave, I hope that I honored that.”

 

“Time is actually your friend if you are willing to ride it out and be faithful and show up a lot of good can come from that.”

“Let's pour into your passions and follow those, even if at the end of the day it is not for a paycheck, honor your passions and give them space to grow.” 

“Who are you waiting to validate your passion?”  

“God can be glorified in the thing that is not extraordinary.” 

“What is a small thing that you can do well and what is a small thing that can be useful and seeing where that goes.  That is important thing, we should all be idealistic and dream big.  If we can act in small ways and if we can be mirco focused then we are just saying that we just want to be extoradary for ourselves and that is not good either.”

 

Follow Eric on:

Instagram @bustahimes

 

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Music Credits:

Wholesome

Music from https://filmmusic.io

"Wholesome" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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