Tuesday in class we talked about Aquinas and his view regarding the ultimate end of man. The ultimate end is the contemplation of God, but one thing that came up was how individual people go about contemplating God. I think that there are some people who really are called to live a life totally devoted to only prayer and the study of God, but I also think that there are more people who are called to live with normal jobs in normal communities. One is no greater than the other, because they are both living as the people they were created to be. However, if someone who was called to be a professional underwater basket weaver decides to go and live a life of contemplation, he is not living as the best version of himself.
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This is a problem I think a lot of Christians have today. For so many Christian college students these days, simply graduating and getting a job and raising a family seems almost like a cop out. So many of us have almost a fantastical view of life after college and picture ourselves moving to some far off country and becoming a missionary. Our generation tends to frown on vocational ministry. The simple fact is that if you are called to graduate, get a job and raise a family, then that is exactly what you ought to do.
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