seasons & callings 

Hi friend,

It’s been a while since I posted anything. Like you, I have been trying to hang on to Jesus despite all the twists and turns of life.

In mid-January, I participated in a corporate fast with my church and the Lord made it clear that He wanted me to go back to school and complete my bachelor’s degree. He meant immediately! I started community college classes the first week of February.  

Can we normalize course corrections in life? It’s never a straight shot toward a single calling or purpose for us. The delays and detours shape us and show us what we couldn’t see when our eyes were fixed on the end goal. 

But hear this—we don’t have to reinvent ourselves or our calling with every course correction. How many times have I interpreted a change in direction as, “Oh, this is my calling. This is what God wants me to do forever and ever, amen.” 

I am learning to let go of one long, specific calling and embrace the seasonal callings God has orchestrated for me. In the meantime, I’ve been grieving the loss of what I thought my calling was. I thought God was leading me into full-time writing and authoring more books, but clearly not right now. 

I want to hold very loosely to the things of this world, which include ministry and callings. How do I know they are temporal? There are no writers, Bible teachers, or ministry leaders in heaven. Only worshipers and children of God. That is our long-term calling. The rest is seasonal work, my friends. 

Enjoy your seasonal callings with gratitude and learn what you can— before the next course correction. If you relax, the whiplash isn’t so bad! 

blessings,