gardener4life wrote: ↑October 14th, 2017, 9:31 pm I worry about being called to a big calling in some ways. I believe we should always accept callings. We are shown and told testimonies of the regrets people have when they don't accept a calling and feel the bite of that regret later. We had a recent talk about this in Elder's Quorum. We absolutely should accept callings.
But what do you do if you have a lot of health problems that make you tired all the time or something similar?
I worry about the same thing. I have a fear that my seemingly unending divorce will finally come to an end, I will find a real love and eternal companion, and start attending church with someone I genuinely want to sit next to. But almost as soon as we get back from the honeymoon I will be called to the Bishopric and won't be able to sit with the one whose hand I want to hold.
My fears have a way of coming true. As I went on my mission I had a fear that my reserve unit would be called up and go to war without me, and if I would have gone home two or three months earlier I could have accompanied them. I had a fear that my not-yet-ex would get married before me, later to find out that she reconnected with an old boyfriend before leaving me and was engaged shortly after filing for divorce. So I suspect this fear is a way of preparing me for what's going to happen. If it happens I will accept the calling and desperately wish I could sit next to the woman I have to admire from a distance.
If you have a health problem that may impact your ability to fulfill a calling, express that concern when the call is extended. Then counsel with your leader on that subject. And if you are genuinely unable to fulfill a calling, express this to the person extending the calling. Sometimes it happens with no explanation.