What's going on, Pursuers? Welcome to The Pursuit
of Calling, the podcast that provides you with
the strategies and tools needed to successfully
discover and pursue your calling. Whether it's
through inspiring stories, thought -provoking
interviews, or quick, insightful episodes on
personal growth and development, we've got you
covered. I'm your host, Thomas Carney. Enjoy
the episode. How's it going, pursuers? You're
going to want to stay to the end of the episode
because I got a gift for you. Got a free gift
for you. So go ahead, stay till the end. All
right, let's dive in. So got some health updates.
Kind of. Not much has changed in my health. If
you know, I have a chronic condition, chronic
pain. My pain has increased. But even though
not much has changed in my condition, my perspective
has. So I have increased pain. Instead of worrying
about it, instead of wallowing in that worry,
I believe God is using it as a tool to reach
others. So I've been posting on social media
every day for the last two and a half, maybe
three weeks. Like minus like two days. I missed
a couple days. It's okay. About how everyone
has been made for more. Maybe you've seen these
episodes. A few times I've talked about living
with chronic pain in these reels. And how that
the experience of living with chronic pain has
shifted my mindset around my purpose and my calling.
It was during this time. of struggling to understand
what was happening, that I actually discovered
my true calling to provide people with the tools
needed to successfully discover and pursue their
God -given calling. This is why I have the merch
now, guys. This is why I have the merch that
says on the back, you were made for more. It's
because I believe, one, that everyone has been
made for more. Everybody has been made and everybody
has a calling on their lives. So I had to think,
what comes before you discover your calling?
You got to know that you actually have one. So
whenever you wear this shirt, whenever you wear
the merch, you have the coffee mug or the hoodie,
whatever merch I decide to create in the future
with that message on it, it tells everybody around
you that sees this that they were made for more.
The reason I mention about my chronic pain and
condition is because I want to tie this message
in more heavily with that. That's my goal moving
forward, is to tie what the enemy meant for evil
and let God turn it for good. Sorry if that laugh
was a little much in the mic. I want to focus
on people with chronic conditions. I don't know
how it will work. I don't know how it's going
to turn out. I can imagine. I'm almost positive
that there are people who are at where I was,
who are in a state of constant worry, constant
anxiety, because they feel like their pain is
their purpose. They're struggling with their
place in the world because of their health condition.
I want to let you know, if you're listening to
this right now and you're in that situation,
pain and limitations don't disqualify you. They
can be a platform for your purpose. You know,
pain is an inevitable thing in this life. Whether
it's chronic or not. And us in chronic pain,
we do have it hard. Like, obviously. Pain sucks.
Also, though. We have a larger opportunity to
grow more in less time because we don't have
any other choice. It's either stay where you
are and wallow in self -pity and anxiety and
stay in a state that's not going to help you
or serve you. You start utilizing this pain and
live that life you've been called to live. Because
you've been made for more. There's a calling
for you to discover and for you to pursue. If
you have somebody in your life that needs to
hear this message, go ahead and share this episode
with them right now. So I want to say the made
for more message. Honestly, it's to say that
your identity in Christ is bigger than your struggles.
You might have caught on to this by now if you
didn't know this about me already, that I'm a
Christian, and I believe that you were created
by a God that loves you, that also had a calling
for you that is unique to you, that fits you
like a glove. I want to say, in the Bible, Ephesians
2 .10, for we are his workmanship. created for
good works. That means even you who are in a
chronic condition, 2 Corinthians 12, 9, his power
is made perfect in weakness. We realize we can't
do everything ourselves, not depending on our
own limited abilities, but relying on the God
of the universe to be our strength and fill the
gaps where we are lacking. Guys. Everybody has
to do this. Everybody has the opportunity to
let God fill that gap. But we with chronic health
conditions, we have this almost actual gift to
say, I have this obvious gap, this obvious limitation.
God, can you fill it? Can you stand in the gap
for me by sending people into my path to help
me fill the gap? And then how can I stand in
the gap for others? Okay. I've been doing a little
bit more shorter, pinpointed episodes recently.
I want you to reflect. Here's a little something
I want you to do. Reflect on an area where life
feels limiting. And that goes for you who don't
have a chronic health condition. Reflect on an
area where life feels limiting. Ask yourself,
how could God use this as a tool to bless others?
If you're not a Christian, How can this meditation
be used, be seen as a tool for acceleration for
calling or purpose? Because I honestly don't
care. I do, but I don't at this moment. If you
right now believe in God, because I know you
have a calling on your life, and I believe if
you lean into that purpose, you lean into this
calling, that you'll find God. And I believe
also that regardless, your calling isn't for
you. So no matter what, if you lean into your
calling, you're going to be serving others and
the world is going to become a better place.
So share this with a friend who needs the reminder
that they were made for more. Okay, I mentioned
at the beginning of this episode that there was
a free gift for you. I want to say, right now,
I've been doing an offer for three free coaching
sessions. But I want to throw something else
in there too. If you sign up for the three free
coaching sessions, I'm also going to throw in
a free You Were Made For More t -shirt so you
can let everybody else around you know that they
were made for more and that you, and as a reminder
to yourself that you were made for more. So that's
three free coaching sessions. and a free You
Were Made For More shirt as a personal reminder
that you were made for more. And I was going
to throw this in about the importance of perseverance
when results like merch sales aren't immediate.
I'm happy to say I finally broke even on the
Bristled Calling shop. Honestly, I only need
one more sale to pay for the first month after
the free trial is over. Not really a free trial.
It's a $1 a month trial for three months. So
in October, I got to pay like $40. And I want
to say the goal of this store is not to make
a profit. It's just to keep it open and spread
the message. It's not about profit. It's not
about profit. It's about purpose. So guys. If
you enjoyed this episode of the Pursuit of Calling
podcast, go ahead and share this episode out
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Just please share it. And don't forget to like,
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finally, guys, I want to tell you that you were
made for more one last time. All right. Keep
pursuing your calling. I'll see you next time.