Happy Vocation Day!


On this Labor Day, Gene Veith has suggested a great idea - celebrate the doctrine of vocation.

Gene Edward Veith - one of my favorite authors, Lutheran scholar, and blogger at Cranach - has suggested we co-opt the holiday of Labor Day to honor the doctrine of vocation. It's a great idea, and I think we should all join in and reflect on the doctrine of vocation.

I have mentioned vocation before on this blog, and I think it is one of the greatest contributions of Lutherans to Christendom. Our sanctification is not worked out in some spiritual vacuum, but rather God uses our different vocations (father, brother, husband, employee, etc) to mold us into His image. This means that we need not retreat to some special "spiritual" place and do only spiritual tasks, but rather we need to learn that in every vocation we are meeting the spiritual amongst the physical. When you comfort you crying child in the night, you are not simply losing sleep; God is in some small way putting to death that self-centered part of your soul, and displaying to your child, through your actions, his tender care.

So make today a little more than just a day off and a marker for the end of summer. Reflect and praise God for the different vocations he has given you, and strive for excellence in them.

Posted: Mon - September 4, 2006 at 09:30 AM | | | | | | |

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