07/09/2026
ORDINARY ME 🌿 | WHAT IS YOUR CALLING?
When we hear the word calling, many of us immediately think of priests, nuns, missionaries or people who have devoted their lives to religious service.
But what if calling is much bigger than that?
What if every one of us has a calling?
I believe a calling is not simply about what we do for a living. It is about who God created us to be and how He wants us to love and serve through the particular life He has given us.
God did not create us randomly.
You are not here by accident.
Before you became a mother, father, teacher, doctor, businessperson, farmer, student, spouse, friend or neighbour, you were first created to know, love and serve God and to become the person He created you to be.
And then God places us in particular circumstances where that calling unfolds.
For some, it may be marriage and family.
For others, consecrated religious life.
For someone else, it may be teaching, medicine, business, art, farming, caring for the elderly, raising children, serving a community—or simply being the person who brings kindness and hope into places where there is very little.
Your calling may not look impressive to the world.
You may spend your days changing nappies, preparing meals, answering emails, cleaning a house, going to work, caring for a parent, studying, running a business or simply trying to make it through another difficult day.
And yet, God can be found there.
Perhaps the question is not only:
“What am I supposed to do with my life?”
But also:
“What kind of person is God inviting me to become?”
Because our calling is not merely a destination.
It is a way of living.
It is learning to love when we don't feel like loving.
Serving when nobody notices.
Forgiving when our pride tells us not to.
Doing our work with honesty.
Raising our children with patience.
Being faithful in our marriages.
Using our talents for the good of others.
Bringing light into ordinary places.
And slowly becoming more like Christ in the middle of our very ordinary lives.
I think this is where true happiness begins.
Not when we finally become famous.
Not when everyone recognises our achievements.
Not when life becomes perfect.
But when we begin to discover that our lives have meaning because they are part of God's plan.
The saints were not all doing the same thing.
They lived different lives, had different personalities, different responsibilities and different circumstances.
But they all discovered the same fundamental truth:
I was created for God.
And perhaps sainthood is simply allowing God to transform the ordinary life He has given us into something beautiful.
So today, I am asking myself—and perhaps you too:
What has God placed in my hands?
Who has He placed in my life?
What gifts has He given me?
Where is He asking me to love, serve, grow and become more like Him?
Maybe your calling is already right in front of you.
Maybe you have been looking for something extraordinary when God is quietly saying:
“I am waiting for you here, in the life I have already given you.”
Your calling may not take you away from ordinary life.
It may be precisely where God is waiting for you to become extraordinary in love. ❤️
Ordinary Me 🌿
