So if you shift your attention to the top of your screen, you'll notice the title of this mess of thoughts that I call a blog. It's entitled "i need qualifying", so I figured I'd write a post about how this title came to be. First, the whole no capital letters thing, that's honestly just for aesthetic. But the title itself came from a pin I saved on Pinterest a couple years back that reads "God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called". This quote has been my quote for the past couple years, like how people say "this is MY song", this is MY quote. I realize it's pretty generic and can apply to pretty much anyone. But for some reason, out of all the quotes I've pinned (and there's been a lot), that one has seemed to stick with me. So I took ownership of it.
There have been a couple instances where this quote has popped up in my life. One of these, is high school. My junior and senior years of high school, I really felt like God was calling me to religious life as a sister (still haven't ruled that option out, I'm just in a different place with it right now). I remember feeling like I wasn't "holy enough" to become one and dedicate my life to that. Around this time is when I stumbled across that quote on Pinterest. Every time a thought like that would pop into my head, I would just repeat the quote back to myself: "God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called".
This quote popped up again at the end of this school year. I was appointed as president of the Newman Center for Catholic Students at Ferris State, somewhat suddenly due to certain circumstances. I remember being pretty overwhelmed with what I was about to take on, and really not feeling qualified to do so. While I was meeting with our (now former) associate pastor/adviser, Fr. Chuck, I expressed how overwhelmed I was feeling about the situation and in his response he said, "God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called. And the Holy Spirit is calling you to this. Yes, you were appointed to this position by the e-board, but this is still what you're being called to". That was probably the most reassuring thing he could have said to me, minus the part about him thinking I'll do great, believing in me, etc.. And here I am, somehow the Lord is working through me, qualifying me as I slowly move along through this journey.
This quote has had such an impact on me, and will continue to, because it's so applicable to anything life throws my way. We're all called to be saints. and I know I'm certainly not qualified to be one. But God is working in my life, day by day helping me to strive towards that calling.
So, there you have it. That's how the title of this blog came to be. "God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called", and I definitely need qualifying.
There have been a couple instances where this quote has popped up in my life. One of these, is high school. My junior and senior years of high school, I really felt like God was calling me to religious life as a sister (still haven't ruled that option out, I'm just in a different place with it right now). I remember feeling like I wasn't "holy enough" to become one and dedicate my life to that. Around this time is when I stumbled across that quote on Pinterest. Every time a thought like that would pop into my head, I would just repeat the quote back to myself: "God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called".
This quote popped up again at the end of this school year. I was appointed as president of the Newman Center for Catholic Students at Ferris State, somewhat suddenly due to certain circumstances. I remember being pretty overwhelmed with what I was about to take on, and really not feeling qualified to do so. While I was meeting with our (now former) associate pastor/adviser, Fr. Chuck, I expressed how overwhelmed I was feeling about the situation and in his response he said, "God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called. And the Holy Spirit is calling you to this. Yes, you were appointed to this position by the e-board, but this is still what you're being called to". That was probably the most reassuring thing he could have said to me, minus the part about him thinking I'll do great, believing in me, etc.. And here I am, somehow the Lord is working through me, qualifying me as I slowly move along through this journey.
This quote has had such an impact on me, and will continue to, because it's so applicable to anything life throws my way. We're all called to be saints. and I know I'm certainly not qualified to be one. But God is working in my life, day by day helping me to strive towards that calling.
So, there you have it. That's how the title of this blog came to be. "God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called", and I definitely need qualifying.
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