My vocation encompasses my being, my thinking, my planning, my decisions, the words I say and everything I do. It encompasses everything. And it is a vocation, because it is a life I am called to.
“God called you out of darkness into his wonderful light”
1 Peter 2:9
But even though the vocation and the light is wonderful, it is clear that I am not “wonderful” all the time. Human error, past hurts, shortcomings, character flaws, selfishness, moodiness – these all take their toll on my vocation, so my being, my thinking, my planning, my decisions, the words I say and everything I do is often not what I would want it to be if I really was completely out of darkness and a being of total light.
So vocation creates a powerful tension in the spiritual life: a tension between being a person with faults and failures, and being a person called to praise and pray, laugh and love.
To help me, I have disciplines, beliefs, values, choices, grace, nurture and relationships, experience and nature – and these are for another post.
