You leave the rest behind to take care of the needy, you leave the rest behind to take care of the poor,

you receive these gifts so that God might work through you to bless others around you.

That's your vocation, so you trust God to give you the kingdom and

everything else will be added unto you as well. And then whatever you receive, you give out.

But it's not ever, ever self-serving. It's faith and its love. The direction is different and then when we have that

conversation when we start thinking about God providing and our hands being avenues of love,

this is where the fulfillment comes in. We see God at work in us, for us,

and even through us.

Five centuries ago in taverns and public houses across Europe, the masses would gather for discussion and debate over the latest ideas sweeping the land.

From one such meeting place, a small Cambridge inn called the White House the the the United States, people are leaving their jobs in record numbers. Some are calling it

the Great Resignation. An article from The Atlantic in 2021, Derek Thompson wrote,

more Americans left their job in April 2021 than in any other month on record.

People are not satisfied with work, pursuing greener hills now more than ever.

Though to be fair, after I read this article I looked at my Twitter feed and saw a great

string where someone posted pictures of news headlines going back to the early 20th century,

each decrying the work shortages and crises of employment.

This demonstrates two things to me. First, that there is nothing new under the sun.

But second, that under the sun sun work cannot bring satisfaction.

Thorns and thistles have infiltrated every vocation under heaven.

In this series on vocation we've been discussing the goodness of work

and God's call for us in our vocation. But today we have to

discuss the dark side of these things. We cannot romanticize work. I mean let me do the

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