beginning to see

note: this thought is currently in process and for that reason may not make much sense.
eventually, it may...

i'm beginning to see that "calling" has less to do with God telling us what we have to do or what he wants from us and more to do with pointing us to places and circumstances that provide a setting that throws us into the ache of humanity. a setting tailored to each person where one can experience both the pain and beauty of our fellow man and from that develop a desire to "lift up the burden" of our suffering neighbor.
it has almost nothing to do with the where one is called and everything to do with the who.
i am called to people. we are called to each other.
until we looked past exotic locations and into the face of our brother we cannot claim to love God nor can we claim to follow the call he has set before us.