Life for the last week or so has been nothing short of insane once again. But I'm starting to get used to the schedule. And the schedule alone. When I think I've got it, I get pushed farther. My patience and ability to keep an even keel in a stressful situation was tried this past Sunday and I could see myself losing it, but managed to pull through with only a stumble instead of a 'fall flat on my face fest.' I see how much I can learn from everyone around me, though, and more importantly, I can see how relying on God for everything is just essential.
But moreso, this week, I realized something. I am currently really considering to avenues for my life: something in the medical field and ministry. I love the hands on activity of both of them. Idleness in either one simply does not exist. While watching an episode of Grey's tonight (ummm...I don't normally actually get into shows, but I was in need of zoning out for a bit) I realized that they are actually similar and this explains why I am drawn to them both. Upon first glance, you might wonder what in the world I am talking about. Ministry and nursing?? What could they possibly have in common besides the obvious cliche of the "healing power." (Ew. I hate cliche metaphors.) But, after looking at the broader picture of both of them, I figured this out:
Both of them are life encompassing. They are not black and white. They are not jobs that you simply leave at work. They are messy.
They deal with people, so this is bound to be a fact.
Apparently, there is something in my nature that takes to this idea of the submersion of my life within a vocation.
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Your conclusion isn't too surprising -- I can't really imagine you being involved in a career (at least not happily) that didn't encompass your whole life. That is perhaps exactly the way God has made you, and probably has a bearing on everything in life, from relationships of whatever sort to your daily work.
While we are all called to be consecrated wholly to the service of God, we do it in different ways. Some of us do it very quietly, subtly -- the man who works two shifts at the convenience store so he can make enough to provide for his wife and send his kids to a good school -- and others are called to a more visible, public service -- the woman who forgoes having her own family in order to spend her life ministering to orphans in the slums of some big city.
Is either better, more important? Nope -- it's entirely a matter of finding our individual vocation, which is just as unique as we are.
Thus, I'm rather confident that you have an awesome vocation, and that following it you will begin to experience the firstfruits of the eternal joy that is to be yours.
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