Do I Have the Right Job? devotional

Identify your gifts in life, and use those to help you choose your career. (DyC 46)
Work may not always be fun. Sometimes there are sacrifices and mundane parts to our callings.
You must love your job so that even low pay and trials associated with it are part of your calling to serve other people. One of the sacrifices for being a teacher is that you will not be compensated financially for what you do, yet it is worth it if you love it. Be willing to sacrifice a comfortable lifestyle if necessary.
You may not be applauded.
Mosiah 28 and Alma 1:26
Meaningfulness in life doesn't primarily come from work. It comes from serving others, enriching others. Render meaningful service through work.
You are always a full-time servant of the Lord. When I fold laundry or clean the floor, I am serving the Lord because my eye is single to His glory. No small calling, no small tasks. Added together, the small tasks make us prepared to serve the Lord.
Make your life about serving others. Be careful about your motive for the service that you do. You shouldn't focus on you. If you're sad, then recognize that it's not all about you. It's not. Focus on others. It will distract you from your disappointments, and it will bless them. Work to serve. Remember BYU's motto, "enter to learn, go forth to serve."
What is your calling in life? Jesus Christ will guide us to our callings. If He is my focus, His path will become mine. "You students are our calling." Do good in the world. "Follow your bliss. Follow your blisters." Go forth to serve.
I want to feel about my students and my teaching how he obviously feels about his.

Jeffery Thompson