Ways of discernment

Living moment by moment. This moment is the time to ask "God come to my assistance - Lord, make haste to help me."

What do I do next? How do I respond to the demands of the moment, to my goals for the day and the invitations from my children that come to me? Those invitations that I can hear as "shoulds" or "demands."

And then there are the invitations to engagement outside the walls of the home. To find a way forward, I will listen to the cries of the poor. The poor - the voice in my head, the needs of my family, the spiritual hunger in the world, those with concrete needs for a place in the world, a way to live fully engaged lives.

I've always hoped that my zig-zagging vocational discernment would ultimately reveal a discernable pattern when viewed from a divine perspective. All will be revealed.

When faced with concrete choices about what to do next, I'm listening to the invitations. I want to tend the cries of the poor in my head, in my heart, in my family, in my life.... This will bring healing and a way will be revealed, moment by moment.