Just early this morning, I
woke up late. In a moment of silence, I did not move though I assumed that
would be late in the office. Then, suddenly my roommate reminded me that it was
already 7:40 in the morning. I rushed to the bathroom and prepared myself.
Again, I did not take my breakfast and went to the office. Another day for me
to be here. It was another day of living this life. It would be another story
of my life.
Many things have changed really. Still, I am on the process of discernment. I believe that whatever
it is, it should be an action. Whatever calls it maybe, I have the power to
decide and live it. I can choose not to do it. But I can choose to do it, to
give my life and love in that way to bless and call forth the good in me. “Calls are around us. We are never bereft of call.” Yes, it’s true. We are called in different ways. We have to recognize that some calls come as whispers; some calls come in very ordinary ways. In responding to this call, it equates to responsibility. We are called in this way and we should act and do what we are expected to be.
Like those individuals in the community I am serving in the present, they are called by God in different ways. The leaders, the nurses, the teachers, the patients – mothers, fathers, wives, sons, they are called in that field and they continue to live in that God’s way of calling them. Same as well to what I have now, to what I am now. Though I am not meant to be a priest someday, in optimism, I believe that in this way I called by God to serve Him more faithfully. In serving others, in reaching out to my fellow, on the kind of work I have now, this is where God’s way of calling me belongs.
It is just like in the Word of God. It invites us to dig deep and to be awed by God’s strange ways of Divine Election. Now, these make up God’s pedagogy that every person is a potential, that everyone is a risk and all that matters is teachability.
I am called to be here; to be with the grassroots of the community and everyone either is being called because no person is really born, made, naturally endowed and tailor-fit for anything. Every person even those who have studied and specialized in their fields will have to adjust and learn as they settle into specific working environment.
Let us reflect what call of responsibility you currently incline with. How do you feel about this initial call? Do you, in a way, feel worthy and fit for this?
Finally, let us ask God who elected us to do a specific mission for Him to help us do it well.
