Where are You? — part 3

With gratitude to Fred Bishop —

Quit whining and bloom where you are planted because you sure can’t bloom anywhere else!

— And long before Fred or I came along, ’twas said by John Calvin —

The Lord bids each one of us in all life’s actions to look to his calling. For he knows with what great restlessness human nature flames, with what fickleness is borne hither and thither, how its ambition longs to embrace various things at once. Therefore, lest through our stupidity and rashness everything be turned topsy-turvy, he has appointed duties for every man in his particular way of life. And that no one may thoughtlessly transgress his limits, he has named the various kinds of living “callings.” Therefore, each individual has his own kind of living assigned to him by the Lord as a sort of sentry post so he may not heedlessly wander about throughout life.

— Which Derek Brown interprets this way:
“Constantly daydreaming about a different life, a better line of work, or a new community will lead to instability and lack of productivity.” (the Gospel Coalition)

— Want Scripture? Here are two to get you started:

Proverbs 17:24

Luke 3:10-14

— What would you add?