the worlds deep hunger

"The place God calls you to, is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet." Frederick Buechner

Lynn and I were talking yesterday. He was telling me how far he feels his current job/purpose is from his ideal. He was saying that in order for him to get through these weeks/ months he needed to turn those passions off just to be able to survive and get through every day with out facing the ache that he no longer is pursuing his dreams at this current job. He told me an ideal a job would be where every single day you are making a difference, whether it is on a small scale and you are just touching one persons life, or larger where you are working on an international level, making changes to help the world.

I couldn't help but smile, because that is the Lynn I love... the Lynn that wants to give his heart to others, and serve. And in my heart I know he is touching lives in his current job, even if it is the co-workers he works with or the desperate phone calls he takes.. but this is not his place of deep gladness, and that is not the pocket of the worlds deep hunger he was destined to help. He is months away from starting the pursuit of his deepest gladness (honestly, the pursuit started many many months ago when he was studying for the LSAT) and essentially making his dream a reality. He is just weeks away from hearing where this next step will take us. And days away from completing the applications, and then simply waiting. In eight short months he will be walking into a law school to study international law with a focus on environmental law....

When I found the quote above it made me stop and think..... Perhaps it is our own individual purpose enables us to become part of the woven patchwork that is the purpose of life.

And then a peaceful, warm loving feeling filled my heart because I knew that I was in that place- my deep deep gladness and a deep hunger are meeting, every single day. And that might not be where I am being called forever, and maybe that calling will change again soon and I will have to adapt, follow my deep gladness and have faith that it will lead me to another pocket of the worlds deep hunger. But for now, I will be happy to be just where I am, feeding this small hungry population of veterans with heart problems.