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When you have a sense of calling…

“When you have a sense of calling, whether it’s to be a musician, soloist, artist, in one of the technical fields, or a plumber, there is something deep and enriching when you realize it isn’t just a casual choice, it’s a divine calling. It’s not limited to vocational Christian service by any means.” —

Charles R. Swindoll
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Called to love…

“We are called to love even in the loneliness,

worship even in the tears

and follow even in the darkness.”

—Pete Wilson

Some opportunities are a calling

“Some opportunities are a calling. Others are a distraction. Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should.”

Rick Warren

When God Calls

Today I am reposting an oldie but goodie from May 21, 2013.

When God Calls Don’t Hang Up

I spent many years wrestling with what it meant to be called by God. What seemed like the obvious step of entering the “professional” ministry did not work for me. I was young, naïve and wanted to change the world. I learned the hard way organized religion isn’t so much about change as protecting what is.

Never in my wildest imagination did I dream my ministry would be encouraging folks to think positive thoughts, connect with the presence of God within and eat their vegetables. But it’s a good fit and I am glad that certain well laid plans of younger days didn’t play out.

When God calls, don’t hang up. Listen carefully with an open mind and be prepared for wherever the road may lead.

God’s love and presence

“God has given us all different abilities and gifts,

so that through them we can bring God’s love and His presence

into the land where we are called.”

― Sunday Adelaja

Life is meant to be lived

Fall at Chalco #3
Copyright 2013 by R.A. Robbins

“Life isn’t meant to be lived perfectly…but merely to be LIVED. Boldly, wildly, beautifully, uncertainly, imperfectly, magically LIVED.”

― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass

Here’s to walking the sacred ground

“Here’s to walking my own path.
Here’s to claiming my birthright,
my sovereign power.
Here’s to walking the sacred ground.
Here, to break down any walls between the self and the higher calling.
May every prayer be a celebration.”

― Petra Poje – Keeper of The Eye

If love calls you, answer

“Use your time wisely, so that when you look back towards the end of your days you will smile at a life well-lived. Let not your song remain unsung. Do not hold back from sharing your love with the world for fear of lack or thought of a rainy day. If Love calls you, answer.”

― Peter M Parr

Our deepest calling

“Our deepest calling is to grow into our own authentic self-hood, whether or not it conforms to some image of who we ought to be. As we do so, we will not only find the joy that every human being seeks–we will also find our path of authentic service in the world. . . .”

Parker Palmer on “Becoming the Person You Called to Become (Not What the World Wants of You)”

A Gift to be Received

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“Today I understand vocation quite differently-
not as a goal to be achieved but as a gift to be received. Discovering vocation does not mean scrambling toward some prize just beyond my reach but accepting the treasure of true self I already possess. Vocation does not come from a voice “out there” calling me to become something I am not. It comes from a voice “in here” calling me to be the person I was born to be, to fulfill the original selfhood given me at birth by God,”

― Parker J. Palmer, Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation