Reclaimed Heart: Whatever It Takes

I wrote this after a conversation with my best friend. I forget what exactly we were talking about but I do remember trying to encourage her about her calling.

We often think of calling being something we are given or something we have to seek. But we rarely think of the cost of maintaining that calling.

Just having a calling is not good enough.

You actually have to protect that calling. You must guard it. That means treating it as you would a child that is in a constant state of growth and development. Just as you wouldn't bring your new born baby around someone you know was sick, you protect your calling from those things that could kill it. The opinions of people who aren't doing anything without heir own callings or those who are cursed with negativity or a critical spirit should be kept away from your infant calling.

You must also guard it from laziness, from complacency, from envy, from the trap of comparison, from things that are internal.

From calling, I started thinking, and this is what was born from that immediate string of thought.

Here it is: Whatever It Takes