YOUR LIFE WORK

For those of you who have ever wondered or asked yourself this question, I share with you an experience I had asking this question.

“What is my life work?” I pondered. I didn’t have a clue; I turned to God for an answer. I tried to shake this question from my brain but it would not go away. I busied myself with farm tasks, counseling clients and spending time with my children but this sticky question hung on. I could not put it down or “shoo it away”. I wanted to know what God would have me do because I didn’t know.

I fasted, prayed and rolled this question over and over in my mind. I begged, pleaded, even groveled for an answer. I wanted to know because I felt so lost back then; I believed I was walking a pathless path to nowhere, with no vision or goals of anything meaningful or of value. Answers were withheld but I kept asking, even demanding to know and hopefully to hear and to understand what it was God would have me do. I needed God to give an answer that I might have purpose and direction.

 Finally, one afternoon while immersed in this question, I heard a Voice that said, “Would you please stop asking this question. Everything you do and experience is your life-work. So it is with everyone.”

That answer jolted me. Waves of insight and understanding crashed my mind. I laughed. I even roared out-loud and slapped my knee. I knew. I stormed into the kitchen because I was starving and thirsty. I choked down some food and laughed some more. “How simple” came into my mind. I toasted the Voice who shared this with me.

© 2010 Lory Misel