Do you believe that everyone has a calling in life? I've always thought it to be true. However, I'm 38 years old and don't feel like I've found mine. Shouldn't I know what my calling is by now?? I'm wondering if I've missed it. Did my calling call, and I ignored the call?
I know that, as a Christian, I have a divine calling to spread the Gospel. Every Christian should feel the call to spread the word of Jesus Christ. We are to be fishers of men, after all. I do feel that call. I fail miserably at it most of the time, but God continues to place that urging within me. This, however, is not the type of calling of which I speak. I know it is the calling for some. Some are called into a life of ministry, and that is the type of calling I mean. Those people are relatively few, though. I know that I am not meant to preach God's word as a pastor. I am not meant to travel the world, singing of God's love to crowds of people. I do enjoy singing on occasion at church, but I don't feel a calling to go beyond that in the world of public ministry for a means of livelihood.
The calling I am talking about is much less important work but fulfilling, nonetheless. Maybe a better word for it would be passion. I desire to be passionate about doing something. I chose, many years ago, to be a stay-at-home mom. I felt that it was my calling. I wouldn't trade that for anything. I was blessed to be able to be the one who provided the day-to-day care for my babies. Now, my youngest "baby" is eleven, and my contentment with just being a mommy has waned. I know there is something more I should be doing. I'm not looking to make any great contributions to the world. I'm just looking for that something that makes me eager to wake up in the morning and get my day started.
Have you found your calling? What does it feel like to know that you are fulfilling your calling? I hope that my calling is still out there somewhere and chooses to call me one day.
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