It is no surprise that God told me to change my attitude towards work. He intends for me to work that is why jobs keep opening up and I keep getting hired. I am curious whether or not the adage "The grass is always greener on the other side" applies to my job situation, or whether I would actually be happier working another job, or if I would be happier teaching if I put intention behind my career and stopped waiting for whatever comes next, but made my career what I want it to be.
The more I seek God on this topic, the more I realize there is no right answer. As long as I do whatever I am doing with all of my heart and serving God, I really cannot go wrong.
This realization is both freeing and un-fulfilling. It means I can step out of teaching and try something else, or stay with teaching and change my attitude and intention to make it what I want it to be. It means if I try something else, I will likely find things I don't like about that something else, and may find myself in this same conundrum in a different line of work.
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2 comments:
So, I agree that there is something to be said for putting heart and mind into your career/work. It does make a difference. But, I think when you are doing something you absolutely LOVE, you don't have to be intentional about putting your heart and mind in it. Of course, no matter what you are investing the majority of your time into there will be good days and bad days but the bad will be few and far between.
If God has you teaching, great! Put all of you into it! But, if it is just a job (in that I mean not necessarily something God has called you to do but something that He is certainly using a provision for you and Ryan in this season) that you only feel mildly fulfilled by, then by all means, keep looking for a career that embodies who you are, that you love, that makes your whole being alive.
Well said Brie. ... also, I thought I was a follower on this, so I have been irritated that I was not receiving your updates...but I wasn't ...and now I am. It is exciting to read your thoughts and heart on these pages sister.
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