This notion has been rolling around in my head for some time now. Especially as I have returned to the St. Louis area and find myself in uncannily familiar places doing oddly familiar things. I smile as God connects my loose ends and makes a circle in my life. I ponder a book about looking for the ways that God makes circles in our life, most of the time beyond our conciousness.
Among my many circles is the return to chaplaincy. For those who know me, you know that chaplaincy was my first calling to ministry. It is where I am able to use my caregiver gifts and graces to offer encouragement, support and healing the most. My time in the local church was anything but chaplaincy and I often felt I was floundering to accomplish a task or goal. Yet, I learned more than I ever would have about church or people or ministry than if I had never done it. Those too loose ends come together in the present setting where I am part caregiver and part church pastor. I smile as I walk into the hospital where I did my CPE training and would never have thought I would be back. As I drive around west county and see the landmarks that I knew as a college student at Maryville - I smile at the ends that click together.
I think God desires circles for us, and I am trying to be aware of them for me and see if there are places I can lead others into finding this expression of God's love for us.
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