A good friend today told me they believed they were called to preach. What a beautiful and wonderful realization. Discussion of callings has been quite prominent in my life as of late and it got me thinking. What is it that I am called to do? What is it that God himself wants to do with my life? The obvious answer is social work. Duh right? I mean I am spending thousands of dollars to get a piece of paper that tells people I am competent in the practice of social work. But that's not it. That's not where it stops...
Firstly how do you know when you have been called to do something? I mean REALLY know. As a young twenty-something, it's easy to go from day to day with lofty ideas of what I will do with my life. But there are some things that you just know... There are certain desires that go deep down to your soul and never go away. I can say with certainty that I have been called to be a wife and a mother someday. Who my husband will be is still to be revealed. Any time now God... Lol. If you are struggling with patience in waiting for your husband there is a great blog by Alyssa Bethke you should check out. She is a christian wife and author, it's worth the read.
http://alyssajoy.me/portfolio/unfulfilled-dreams/?tp=1126
So outside of that... I feel like most women feel called to be a mother and a wife, but what else...
I also feel pretty certain I have been called to submission. *Proceed with gasps, and feminist mumbles..* I don't mean I have been called to be a slave. I mean Godly submission. Yes the scripture says wives submit to your husbands, and husbands love your wives as Christ loves the church (paraphrased) but I am talking more then submission as a wife. I mean submission to the gospel. Submission as a Godly woman. It's complicated and I honestly don't have enough of a grasp on it to explain it intelligently. Just to be a Godly woman, who is humble and submits to the gospel with reverence and respect; to Christ, my future husband, and myself.
I've also been semi-running from what may or may not be a call to sing. Anyone who knows me knows I will 100% refuse to sing in public. I have had a few friends say that I can carry a tune, to which I quickly disagree, but the push has been there. I sang in a small baptist church once in a blue moon and really enjoyed it. Singing has been in my heart since I was a little girl. That's one of those that I can't seem to decide if it's a call or not. If it is I am doing a fantastic job of running from it, and the Lord sure did make me shy for someone who is supposed to sing... We shall see.
I've also felt my heartstrings pulled to seek a man who has had the call to ministry. Whatever that may mean. That's another one I have quietly pushed to the back of my mind. Being with a leader in the church means leading the women of the church and that is just such a huge task!! The more I read and ponder on it the more I feel like I have David and Goliath syndrome. I feel like this tiny shy little person who has been called to do things far beyond my grasp and comfort zone.
But even that statement in itself denies God's power. To think that any task given to me cannot be accomplished is to say that Gods creation in me is flawed. That God isn't big enough to use me in whatever way he wants...
I'm not sure where I will end up. A lot of that was just babble to empty the insanity going on in my brain right now.. Just some food for thought I guess...
Firstly how do you know when you have been called to do something? I mean REALLY know. As a young twenty-something, it's easy to go from day to day with lofty ideas of what I will do with my life. But there are some things that you just know... There are certain desires that go deep down to your soul and never go away. I can say with certainty that I have been called to be a wife and a mother someday. Who my husband will be is still to be revealed. Any time now God... Lol. If you are struggling with patience in waiting for your husband there is a great blog by Alyssa Bethke you should check out. She is a christian wife and author, it's worth the read.
http://alyssajoy.me/portfolio/unfulfilled-dreams/?tp=1126
So outside of that... I feel like most women feel called to be a mother and a wife, but what else...
I also feel pretty certain I have been called to submission. *Proceed with gasps, and feminist mumbles..* I don't mean I have been called to be a slave. I mean Godly submission. Yes the scripture says wives submit to your husbands, and husbands love your wives as Christ loves the church (paraphrased) but I am talking more then submission as a wife. I mean submission to the gospel. Submission as a Godly woman. It's complicated and I honestly don't have enough of a grasp on it to explain it intelligently. Just to be a Godly woman, who is humble and submits to the gospel with reverence and respect; to Christ, my future husband, and myself.
I've also been semi-running from what may or may not be a call to sing. Anyone who knows me knows I will 100% refuse to sing in public. I have had a few friends say that I can carry a tune, to which I quickly disagree, but the push has been there. I sang in a small baptist church once in a blue moon and really enjoyed it. Singing has been in my heart since I was a little girl. That's one of those that I can't seem to decide if it's a call or not. If it is I am doing a fantastic job of running from it, and the Lord sure did make me shy for someone who is supposed to sing... We shall see.
I've also felt my heartstrings pulled to seek a man who has had the call to ministry. Whatever that may mean. That's another one I have quietly pushed to the back of my mind. Being with a leader in the church means leading the women of the church and that is just such a huge task!! The more I read and ponder on it the more I feel like I have David and Goliath syndrome. I feel like this tiny shy little person who has been called to do things far beyond my grasp and comfort zone.
But even that statement in itself denies God's power. To think that any task given to me cannot be accomplished is to say that Gods creation in me is flawed. That God isn't big enough to use me in whatever way he wants...
I'm not sure where I will end up. A lot of that was just babble to empty the insanity going on in my brain right now.. Just some food for thought I guess...