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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
A Higher Calling
By webmaster @ 4:10 PM :: 1159 Views :: 1 Comments
 

Would you trade in a job (call it "Job A") that paid you $400,000 a year for a job (call it "Job B") that paid you $29,000?

What if A had the potential to make you much, much more money in the future, but B would never be more than what pays the bills? What if you excelled in A and your employers saw a bright future for you there, while job B would cause you frustration and sleepless nights? What if job A would likely make you famous and make you an object of adoring fans and sexual attention, while B would relegate you to anonymity and eliminate any chance of a meaningful romance?

Is there any one of you who would choose Job B over Job A? You'd have to be nuts.

Or, you'd have to love the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 23 year-old baseball player Grant Desme announced this week that he's leaving baseball--to enter the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church.

"I'm doing well in baseball," he said. "But I had to get down to the bottom of things, to what was good in my life, what I wanted to do with my life. Baseball is a good thing, but that felt selfish of me when I felt that God was calling me more. It took awhile to trust that and open up to it and aim full steam toward him.

"I love the game, but I'm going to aspire to higher things."

Higher things. Higher than even money, fame, sex, or adoration. When God calls your name, and says "follow me," there is nothing in life sweeter or more satisfying. And there is nothing you would not give up to follow.

Comments
By john cadue @ Wednesday, January 27, 2010 10:05 AM
courage of conviction is suerly an amazing thing to witness. May Gosd bless him and his congregants all the days of thier lives:)

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