tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534501521677499176.post7432019605569741032..comments2023-10-31T06:24:30.193-05:00Comments on True & Real: PreparationJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12360180375390498890noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534501521677499176.post-44880494118829572232008-04-02T22:19:00.000-05:002008-04-02T22:19:00.000-05:00I have also long believed that my profession has b...I have also long believed that my profession has been my "calling". God blessed me with specific gifts. For years I used to feel like a second-rate musician because I wasn't as good/talented/whatever as other, more professional, musicians. And then I came to the realization that, yes-- God blessed me with a wonderful gift of music, but He didn't bless me with the gift of being a high caliber performer. He blessed me with the gift of creating music and being able to share that music with those who need it most, and that doesn't require me to be "good enough" to be on stage somewhere or get paid loads of money or have some recording contract or symphony union membership. But, like you, I often find myself wondering what God might be calling me to do outside of my professional work and being a Mom. There's got to be more to life than those things, right? :-)<BR/><BR/>Remember in the story of Elijah, when he's up on the mountain top searching for God (because God was supposed to be up there-- I Kings, 19). And there came a strong wind then an earthquake then a fire-- and God wasn't in any of those. God came in the still small voice afterwards. I have to admit that I'm not very good at hearing the "still small voice", but I really love that story (and Jonah, who gets to where God wants him to go regardless of what Jonah's plans are!). Although most of the major life changes I've experienced have not been of the small voice variety! It's no small voice that drives a person cross country three times... and yet, I know God's hand was in all of those moves. Mysterious reasons and all. It's so much easier to see God's work in hindsight. :-) Trust and faith get us through until then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com