Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Career/Job/Work?

I think of career/job/work in these terms,
A career is something you look for, learn for, and enjoy.
A job is something that finds you.
You can love a job too, but often times a job just happens.
Work is something you don't necessarily like, but you hang onto because it pays the bills.
I have been trying to discern how I feel about my job.
There is no doubt that this job found me.
I wasn't looking for it.
I have had no training, nor have I studied for this. It just kind of landed in my lap.
The challenge is sorting out why it found me so easily and what do I do about the many aspects of this job that have become work.

I used to have a career that I loved, a career that I not only was trained in, but had many gifts and skills that enhanced my training and education. It was also my environment for ministry.

I sometimes long for my career, for what was comfortable, for what was familiar, for what energized me. But I am not sure I can go back.

And, Is it even really going backwards?

Or am I supposed to continue to go forward in this job, learning more, understanding more, until it becomes my career?

I continue to discern all this and more....

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