Fulfillment

“The Cross. There is a point where they cross. . . Your passions in life and the needs of the world. . . There is a point where they cross, and that is where you will find fulfillment in life. That is where God is calling you to be in this world.” I can not take credit for this analogy, or idea. I heard it during a talk on a retreat. It really struck me then, and continues to stay with me. This is an easy discernment process for some. Some have wanted to be doctors since they were young. There passion for medicine and healing others, fits with the desperate needs of the world for healers. Others have a passion to be husbands, wives, mothers, and fathers. Doing whatever it takes to support their family, because their passion is their family, and what the world desperately needs right now are good Christian families.

What I discussed with a friend recently is that we desire not only to have a family and to passionately love and support our families, we also want to wake up in the morning knowing that what we do at our jobs, what we do to make money to support our families, is also something that is making a difference in our world. We want our jobs to be something we are passion about and that truly help meet the needs of the world. This is so hard to find in life. We sometimes think that our goal is to get the best job we can, making the most money we can so that we can provide for our children, wives, husbands, the best that we can. While money is important, I think that at least for me and my friend, we will be able to do a better job of raising our children and loving our wives, truly providing for our families with love, if we are passionate about what we get out of bed in the morning to do. Being passionate about our jobs, coming home to our families, knowing that we are making a difference for good in the world and sharing that peace and joy with our families, spreading that fulfillment and peace to our families, so that they can then spread it to all they meet. Maybe this is idealistic, maybe this is naive, but maybe this is what I'm passionate about, and maybe this is what the world needs; people who are on fire with their lives and with what they are doing, so they can spread that fire to all. Imagine this world if we were all fulfilling our potential, fulfilling our true passions. Maybe it's a dream that's unrealistic, but it's a dream I want to live, and bring to life, so that I can live my life fully.

Lord, I ask that you may fill me with Your peace. Lord I ask that you forgive me for all my sins, all the times I have offended you, all the times that I have hurt others, especially when I was unaware. Lord I ask that you may help me to know my true passion, and that you may direct me so as to fulfill that passion in a way that is most beneficial to meeting the needs of this world. Lord, I ask that You may help us all on our journeys through life, and that most importantly we may help to bring about Your Will on earth. For if we all follow the cross, if we all focus on the cross, the point where our passions and the needs of the world meet. If we focus on that cross, the same cross that you Died upon, your passion to save us, and the need of the world's sins to be forgiven. If we focus on the cross and carry our cross, we will be bringing about Your Will on earth.