Vocation: First part
I felt alive with the gush of spring that continuously flows within me! One of my inspirations wrote something on my timeline ... and I left it suspended the entire week. The truth is, she has been asking me this for a few months already since I started writing about the Hidden Life , "Do you know your vocation?" I. Period of Purification "If you meet the Buddha, kill him." -Linji Yixuan, Killing the Buddha It is a perfectly strong statement that continues to inspire me to get to know God more. For several years, I have thought of vocation as a 'higher calling,' an invitation from the Divine to enter into fellowship with Him through a religious community. At a young age, joining the missionaries was the closest thing I could ever think of. I felt 'called' to live out a certain lifestyle that puzzled people ... even myself. "If you are looking for peace, stability, comfort and security... it couldn...