At 11-something p.m. I left work and went to Walmart to look for some supplies we needed for tomorrows lab. K called me in a panic that she didn't have the stuff and we shared our feelings of being overwhelmed in the face of a significant test on Thursday. (The subject which caused most people who failed last semester so much trouble)
She told me she had put up some photos of premature babies to remind her that one day this would be worth it and she'd be doing what she hoped. I shared with her that Hope is on my computer wallpaper (the little girl in the tribes who died of dysentery this year).
Mother Theresa said, "Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus." I know that what we do in life is an offering to the Lord and the work itself isn't the big deal. However as a humans I think we were relating to the fact that we have short sighted vision. Sometimes we need to see something "real" in the goal.
Is that a lack of faith? I'm not sure. Perhaps it could be an idol if a "dream" is what drives life exclusively. For now the picture stays on my wallpaper and keep going one moment at a time.
About Me
- Melissa
- "If God had suddenly shown us everything He was going to do in the years to come, I would have said, 'Wait a minute, You've got the wrong man!...' But God inched up the curtain just a little bit at a time and said, 'Take a look and take a step'." - Clarence W. Jones
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3 comments:
hey,
so heres my perspective on this.i think its good to have a reminder of what GOds called you to do. for me i tend to get all into the day to day detials of things and miss the big picture. i start thinking about how long school is going to take and how long it will take me to pay off my students loans. then God sends me a reminder of what hes called me to do. i dont t think theres any idolness involved. i think if you hadnt spent time walking out the "dream" you would be tempted to make it an idle, but you know when you were in the phillipines, and other missions trips, you were acting for him. does that make sense.
and about that texas drawl....im sure if you started introducing yourself as Me-Lisa, you would slip right back into Taglish.
Yes, whenever I'm in the Asian market and catch my self with the "may-LEESA" accent I think of you. (Did I mention I never drive there...I always walk the 3/4 mile to get there...something about Asians and walking)
...yeah, whenevery i run into a woman who speaks spanish at work i instictivey call her Ate.
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