“I used to float, now I just fall down
I used to know but I’m not sure now
What I was made for
What was I made for?”
— Billie Eilish lyrics, “What was I made for?”
A Heart to Desire, A Spirit to Inspire (Ezekiel 11:14-21)
“High King of heaven, my victory won
May I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s sun
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall
Still be my vision, O ruler of all”
—Be Thou My Vision
Living the Life You Are Called To (1 Corinthians 7:17-24)
“Vocation is the place at which one responds to the call of Christ and thus lives responsibly. The task given to me by my vocation is thus limited; but my responsibility to the call of Jesus Christ knows no bounds.”
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
What is the Blessing? (Ephesians 2:11-22)
“A people, we may say, is a gathered multitude of rational beings united by agreeing to share the things they love. There can be as many different kinds of people as there are different things for them to love. … The better the things, the better the people; the worse the things, the worse their agreement to share them.”
— Augustine, The City of God XIX.24