The surprising gift of knowing my vocation
I was not expecting the question, since for months she had repeatedly instructed me to focus on the immediate, an instruction I found easy to obey. The protracted pain of a marriage that floundered and failed when I was in my twenties had excised the delusion that the most important elements of my future were under my control. But now Sister pressed me to think ahead: “It wasn’t time before, but now it’s time. What are you going to do with this education of yours?” To my complete surprise, the answer was out of my mouth before I had time to consider: “I need to teach, preach, and ex...
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