{"id":22022,"date":"2023-01-13T09:45:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T14:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=22022"},"modified":"2023-01-13T10:01:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T15:01:35","slug":"surrendering-our-soul-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=22022","title":{"rendered":"Surrendering Our Soul Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fill My Cup | Andrew Ripp | Lyrics\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EtRMOUFf7e0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>For Father Richard, God shows us our soul\u2019s calling through spiritual practice and letting go of the ego\u2019s drive:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our age has come to expect satisfaction. We have grown up in an absolutely unique period when having and possessing and accomplishing have been real options.<\/strong> They have given us an illusion of fulfillment\u2014and fulfillment now\u2014as long as we are clever enough, quick enough, and pray or work hard enough for our goals or rewards. [1]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am convinced that the Book of Jonah can best be read as God moving someone from a mere sense of a religious job or career to an actual sense of personal call, vocation, or destiny. It takes being \u201cswallowed by a beast\u201d and taken into a dark place of nesting and nourishing that <strong>allows us to move to a deeper place called personal vocation. It involves a movement from being ego-driven to being soul-drawn. The energy is very different. It comes quietly and generously from within. Once we have accepted our call, we do not look for payment, reward, or advancement because we have found our soul gift.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I have met many people who have found their soul gift, and they are always a joy to work with. It\u2019s apparent they are not counting the cost, but just want to serve and help<\/strong>. Benedictines have a group they call <em>oblates<\/em>, which means \u201cthose who are offered.\u201d To come with our lives as an offering is quite different from the seeking of a career, security, status, or title. Even the [retired head of the] Vatican\u2019s office for bishops dared to admit publicly [his] worries about rampant careerism among bishops worldwide as they sought promotion to higher and more prestigious dioceses. [2] It sounds like we still have James and John wanting to sit at the right and left sides of the throne of Jesus (Mark 10:37). <strong>Maybe young people need to start there, but we can see why Jonah has to be shoved out of the boat. Otherwise, he never would have gotten to the \u201cright\u201d Nineveh.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We must listen, wait, and pray for our charism and call. Most of us are really only good at one or two things. Meditation should lead to a clarity about who we are and, maybe even more, who we are not.<\/strong> This second revelation is just as important as the first. I have found it difficult over the years to sit down and tell people what is not their gift. It is usually very humiliating for individuals to face their own illusions and inabilities. We are not usually a truth-speaking people. We don\u2019t speak the truth to one another, nor does our culture encourage the journey toward the True Self. The false self often sets itself up for unnecessary failures and humiliations. [3]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>_____________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sarah Young<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Try to view each day as an adventure. Do not try to program your day(s) according to your will, instead surrender your day(s) to Me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank Me and trust that I am with you each moment. Surrender, connect and live your days in eager expectation, expecting surprises and difficulties, while you are being held safely in My arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Psalm 118:24 <strong>\u201cThis is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isaiah 41:10 <strong>\u201cFear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God<\/strong>. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 Peter 2:21 <strong>For God called you to do good<\/strong>, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Father Richard, God shows us our soul\u2019s calling through spiritual practice and letting go of the ego\u2019s drive: Our age has come to expect satisfaction. We have grown up in an absolutely unique period when having and possessing and accomplishing have been real options. 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