Listening
With All Our Mind
by
Scott Stoner
The Mind quadrant of the Living Compass includes Vocation and Organization.
We will focus on vocation in this reflection.
You may associate vocation with people who live a
religious life as their chosen profession, such as priests and nuns. In truth,
we all have a vocation, a calling in life. God has given each of us a unique
set of gifts, as well as a unique role to fill in the world. Each of us is
called to use our gifts and fulfill our roles in a way that honors and serves
God.
It is also worth noting that our vocation is often
separate from our paid work. Our vocation can be expressed in our relationships
with friends, family, neighbors, and volunteer or service work that we may do.
Our vocation can also shift over our lifetime, as we continue to encounter new
opportunities to both clarify and express our gifts.
Frederick Buechner, author and theologian, wrote that
“the place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the
world’s deep hunger meet.” Combining this with the quote above from Dorothy
Day, we see that when we are living out our own unique vocation, we feel a deep
sense of joy. As 1 Corinthians 12 also reminds us, “there are varieties of
gifts, but the same Spirit,” and so, too, there are a variety of ways we can
express our vocation throughout our lifetime.
Making It Personal:
Today I invite you to listen to your experience of
vocation in your life right now.
How are you
feeling about where your gifts and the needs of the world are intersecting?
Are you feeling the joy Buechner describes in this area
of your life?
If not, is there a shift that perhaps you are being
called to make?
Living
Well Through Lent 2021
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