J
JCPhoenix
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poppiedancer,
So wonderful you are 17 and realizing that God may be calling you!
I am 31 and I have walked a circituous (sp? sorry) path, and only recently realized that God really opened every single door for me and when I was “stuck” it was by his will because he was waiting for the next “lesson” in his plan.
I don’t know what other late vocations go through but I used to love my current job, and saw a very clear and promising career path. But in only a few months I have grown to hate my job and if I didn’t go to an adoration chapel over my lunch break I would not make it. The Lord is faithful as he provided this haven.
I still hate my job but I am finding out what redemptive suffering is about as the Lord takes me through this lesson. Anyway, my point is that I have expressed over the last couple months how I have no direction suddenly; I don’t have a clear path for the first time in my life and I was at a loss and brought to the very feet of Jesus in total dependence upon him as I faced the possibility of not only NOT having another career goal, but I may also be fired due to an attack upon my character (long story).
Now that I look back I see that God has been calling me to discernment and because I was running away I have been suffering so much. That’s not to say that I’m really called to religious life, but that God does have a path and he is asking me to trust him no matter where this path leads.
Amazing how the Lord works.
poppiedancer, if you are recognizing this call so young you are so blessed! Please follow it and don’t fall into the trap I set for myself in running away thinking I wasn’t worthy (who is?) or that God wouldn’t have real use for me.
Please keep us all updated as you proceed, no matter where God leads you.
So wonderful you are 17 and realizing that God may be calling you!
I am 31 and I have walked a circituous (sp? sorry) path, and only recently realized that God really opened every single door for me and when I was “stuck” it was by his will because he was waiting for the next “lesson” in his plan.
I don’t know what other late vocations go through but I used to love my current job, and saw a very clear and promising career path. But in only a few months I have grown to hate my job and if I didn’t go to an adoration chapel over my lunch break I would not make it. The Lord is faithful as he provided this haven.
I still hate my job but I am finding out what redemptive suffering is about as the Lord takes me through this lesson. Anyway, my point is that I have expressed over the last couple months how I have no direction suddenly; I don’t have a clear path for the first time in my life and I was at a loss and brought to the very feet of Jesus in total dependence upon him as I faced the possibility of not only NOT having another career goal, but I may also be fired due to an attack upon my character (long story).
Now that I look back I see that God has been calling me to discernment and because I was running away I have been suffering so much. That’s not to say that I’m really called to religious life, but that God does have a path and he is asking me to trust him no matter where this path leads.
Amazing how the Lord works.
poppiedancer, if you are recognizing this call so young you are so blessed! Please follow it and don’t fall into the trap I set for myself in running away thinking I wasn’t worthy (who is?) or that God wouldn’t have real use for me.
Please keep us all updated as you proceed, no matter where God leads you.