Bishop Janice Riggle Huie tells about an experience she had a few years ago that touched her heart… She was interviewing a group of ministerial students about their call to the ministry and she said to each of them in turn: “Tell me about your calling. What do you think God is calling you to do?”

Most of the students gave very practical answers like:

“God is calling me to be a hospital chaplain.” Or,
“God is calling me to be a teacher on the college level.” Or,
“God is calling me to be a counselor.” Or,
“God is calling me to be a pastor.”

But, then, she came to one young woman who seemed a bit shy at first (not quite as bold as the others) and Bishop Huie said to her: “Tell me about your calling. What do you think God is calling you to do?”

And the young woman said: “I don’t know exact…