For the first part of my life I lived with Jesus in a little box. I believed in Him. I knew He loved me. I figured if I followed the rules He would bless me and I would be ok. And then that was shattered one night when I was eight and a half months pregnant with my second daughter and my oldest was sleeping in her big girl bed.
It was then that my now ex husband announced he didn't want to be married anymore.
How could that happen? I had married a man from my same religion. We weren't unequally yoked. I had followed the rules! And I had said I would never be divorced! My parents had divorced and that was not happening to me. But there I was.
What was I going to do now? A baby on the way and a two year old?
That's when He revealed Himself to me. His true self. Not the one I had made up but the one that is so amazing, and large, and able to care for me, and able to love me and my kids, and to show me that He had this abundant life He wanted me to live. He met me where I was. Broken. Scared. Alone.
And from that is when I was able to see that He had a calling on my life. And that is to teach people that Jesus is real. He is here and loves us so much. We all have a calling and I know that God wants to show us what that is. And once I realized this, even with all of the pain, I wouldn't have changed anything.
And Jen says, when we all take our calling, as broken as it may seem, and put them together we can help each other.
Have you ever thought about your calling? It's what we do everyday. It's not necessarily something big. It can really be anything. But we are all so unique. God is ready to use you. :)
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