St. Francis of Assisi, Wood, Interior Mexico, 1998
Yesterday’s Forward Movement meditation asked a pertinent question in my life: Is God inviting you to serve in a new way, one different from where you want to serve? How will you respond?I’ve been in a year-long discernment process as I prepared for my retirement from full-time employment. “When should it occur?” More importantly, “Why should it occur?”The “when” part of the question became clear with the pandemic and I retired from full-time healthcare employment on August 10, 2020. What wasn’t as clear: “What has God called me to do with this scheduling change?”I am by nature a “planner” with my instinct to anticipate future opportunities and sort through them in a logical, non-emotional analysis. But this time is unique: the pandemic has introduced the knowledge of the uncertainty of life. The only certainty that I can claim is that I must put all my trust in God.In the
