Day 11/31 My Own Work (finding my purpose)

I remember the moment that I truly surrendered to God AND my husband.  It was the same moment.  I remember whispering to myself , “God whatever your plan is–I can serve you wherever we live”, and to my husband, “Sweetie, I just need to fly under your wings for a while”.

After I dried off–because in this house the only real alone time I have is in the shower–I began this new journey.  I am two years in.  I don’t mind moving slow–I’m sitting in the passenger side and seeing the world in a different way and writing about it.

In this 31 days of honesty–I’m reposting today.  I’m giving a talk about “finding our purpose” at the end of October and joyful living is the place where I’m working out the details.  If you have found your purpose and would like to share–I love to hear it–our paths are so similar yet so different and I love learning from you.

Be Blessed.

Yesterday morning I wrote about being jealous.

I went to Mass and had some quiet time after homeschooling the girls and it dawned on me.

I am comparing my life’s work with others.  I have forgotten–Father forgive me–the bible story that I’ve heard a million times.

I am called by name to do my own work.  MY NAME.  MY WORK.  I should look to be inspired by other writers but not compare myself to other writers.

Writing here is my passion.  It is my work.  My intention is to encourage, inspire and humbly present myself in an authentic and genuine way.  Nothing else.

As I continue my journey with this intention, I see my purpose in a very clear way.  I’m evolving.  I am content to work on one challenge at a time.

Thank you God for giving me so many opportunities to be drawn closer to you.  Some lessons are harder than others.  I guess I can’t really stumble if I’m on my knees!

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5 replies
  1. Mindy Bowman
    Mindy Bowman says:

    You know the shower is about the only place where I can truly find alone time, too! That’s so funny! It’s great that you’ve found your purpose…that is such an important part of life. I believe that if more people knew what their purpose was there would be a lot more happy people in the world!

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    • renee
      renee says:

      The challenge is to keep listening to the voice–because I know, I know as soon as I get an idea of how “I” think my purpose should be evolving–it will all change–and I’m good with that–I know it will be exciting!

      I think often we find our purpose but then think that is it–the end and really it is just the beginning.

      Be Blessed.

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