SEARCH MY HEART
A person may think their own ways are right, but the Lord weighs the heart. – Proverbs 21:2
I’m one of those people who want to be right all the time. But the
truth is, the more I strive to be right, the more God makes me realize
that my perceived rightness may not conform to His.
Like the time I decided to go in a different direction with my career
when I shifted from publishing to sales. For four years, I labored to
meet my targets, to make the company’s advocacy my own, and to gain
financial literacy. There were months when I did well but also months
when I had no sale at all. Then came a time when I asked myself, “What
am I doing here?”
I brought my dilemma to the Lord but He was silent. Then one day in May
2012, I sensed the Lord tell me, “Focus on your strengths. Use the
gifts I gave you to serve Me.” Soon after, I resigned and I felt at
peace. I have since focused on my work as a writer and editor and He has
affirmed me to stay in this path in many ways: a third Catholic Mass
Media Award for Best Youth Magazine for FiSH Magazine, continued work
for a vocations magazine, and other writing/editing projects along the
way.
I am truly grateful to God, who searches my heart. He reveals to me that what I truly desire is what He desires for me. Dina Pecaña (dpecana@yahoo.com)
Reflection: “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.” (Psalm 139:23)
Lord, grant me the grace to follow the desires You have placed in my heart that I may obey Your will for my life.
St. Padre Pio de Pietrelcina, pray for us.
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