How do I know I have a vocation?
Maybe the question can be re-phrased as "What is God's heart's desire for my life?" God has a desire for each of us. No one is excluded. God's desire is revealed to us in Scripture, which challenges us to go beyond; in prayer, which helps us hear God speaking to us in the depths of our hearts; in the events and experiences of life, which opens us up to an awareness of where God is present in our lives; in the needs of the Church and the world, which invite us to respond.
Knowing is so often a 20-20 hindsight. About the only thing we can know up front is that if we are faithful to the process, listening to what both head and heart tell us about our experiences, then the choices we make, whatever they are is what God's heart's desire is for me. The challenge is to pay attention also to what I desire and resonates with me and together with God we discover out vocation.
