I love trying new web browsers. Maybe it is because I’m a guy, but I’m sure there are lot of women out there who are the same way. We like new stuff. Period.

I like Chrome so far, especially because of the single address bar for links and searches. In Firefox, your Google search engine bar is separate from where you type in web addresses. In Chrome they are one in the same, nice. Also, you can open multiple pages at start up. Also, it is very minimalistic, on purpose I think. It doesn’t have a bunch of bars and tabs cluttering up everything. It isn’t intrusive.

Having said all of that, it is a little buggy and still needs some work. I hope it isn’t in beta mode forever.

The first annoying thing is the fact that it won’t let me login to my blog. Ironic, huh?

Secondlby, the task bar, or start bar, for Windows is disabled. I have my task bar set to hide and when you are running Chrome it disables it. So that means you have to minimize Chrome in order to use it. That is a serious pain if you have 5 things open and you are copying and pasting stuff and you keep having to minimize and … you get the picture.

Thirdly, is the home page. If you notice when you first start it, the home page button is gone. You can get it back but you have to click on the options tab and set it. The default is for the home page button to be gone.

Also, there is no Print button. You can right click anywhere on the browser and click print, but there is no button. I actually added a button to my bookmarks tab, but it isn’t the same.

I’ve got a feeling there will be some changes, as is normal, in upcoming releases.

So for now, Chrome has potential, but that is it. Hopefully they will work out the kinks.

So, how does someone stay strong?

I think a lot of it has to do with knowing what causes a leader to fall. Perry Noble writes, in his article Four Transitions We Should Not Want To Make-Part 1:

“One of THE single most dangerous things a leader can deal with is the loss of passion for what God has called him to.

He goes on to say:

If you’re a leader then you’ve been there…and you know what it’s like. AND…if you are in this stage then you need to be willing to honestly [evaluate] where you are…and then make the hard decisions that you need to make to pace yourself for the long haul.

I once heard someone say that if the enemy can’t make you sin then he will try to do something even worse…he will attack your passion.

AND…from the looks of things across the ministry battleground…he’s winning. There are way too many of us that have simply lost sight of our first love.

In Revelation (I never know if it is the book of Revelation or Revelations), the church is chided for forgetting its first love, God. As a leader we must not lose sight of God, because if we do, then the world will eat us alive.

We are busy; kids, taking care of family issues, work, church, baseball, soccer, music practice, PTA, homework, Wii… should I go on? Through all of this, we have to find someway to keep rekindling that Passion. That passion for God, our spouses, our families and whatever else we are involved in.

When we lose that passion for God, He becomes nothing but a set of rules to follow, and none of us are good at following something we don’t have passion for. When we lose that passion for our spouses, our marriage becomes a hassle and there is constant fighting. When we lose that passion for our kids we become grumpy parents who are yelling all the time. When we lose that passion for making a living we become discontented, miserable employees who are no good to anyone.

If you feel like the passion has been taken from you, then take it back. Talk to someone and find out how you can rekindle that flame and begin taking back what is yours. Stand up and fight for the right to be passionate about God. Surprise your spouse with a renewed energy to make the marriage the best it can be. Shock your children by playing with them tonight instead of lounging in front of the TV for 2 hours.

It is our God-given right to stay strong. It is His will for us to be victorious over-comers, and to stay that way.

Loss of passion is a big part of what causes us to fall as leaders. But what causes us to lose our passion? That is saved for another day.

In the mean time, remember the words of the immortal Beastie Boys, “You’ve gotta fight for your right to party”…..you know what I mean.