Os Guinness wrote in his book, "The notion of calling, or vocation, is vital to each of us because it touches on the modern basis for individual identity and an understanding of humanness itself."
Some look on our calling as "constrained to be." We are prisoners of our category, be it gender, class, race, generation, or ancestry. This is the way of the caste system in India looks upon life,
Others look on our calling in the opposite way as "courage to be." This is something that both Martin Luther King Jr. and President Obama both believe. We then must invent ourselves. Is this true?
A third way of looking upon our calling is "constituted to be." There are some who are pursuing the homosexual life style in this way. This is also the way true evolutionists see their role.
The Christian looks upon their life as "called to be." Only when we respond to Christ and follow his call do we become our real selves.
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