Life Unraveled
The journey of a frail pilgrim trying to love God and love others
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I was speaking with a recent grad yesterday who was so discouraged by the events of the world and how insignificant her contribution to the world seemed in comparison. I asked her if I could share some of the highlights of that conversation…
So many terrible things happen every day that we start wondering whether the few things we do ourselves make any sense. When people are starving only a few thousand miles away, when wars are raging close to our borders, when countless people in our own cities have no homes to live in, our own mundane (or just local) activities can seem futile. Thinking about it with that perspective, however, can paralyse us and depress us.
That’s where I think the concept of ”calling” becomes important. We are not called to save the world, solve all problems, and help all people. But we each have our own unique God-given, Spirit-inspired call, in our families, in our work, in our world–our circle of influence. We have to keep asking God to help us see clearly what our call is and to give us the strength to live out that call with trust. Then we will discover that our faithfulness to a small task is the most healing response to the illnesses of our time.
