August 31, 2025

Ep. 020: The Sacred Side of Work: Where Calling and Purpose Meet

15 minutes

🕊 What if your everyday labor was more sacred than you realized?

This episode is being released on Labor Day—a day when our culture pauses to celebrate work. But I want to invite you to take a fresh look at labor—not just the jobs that get a paycheck, but the unseen work that holds a family, a community, and a life together.

The meals you cook. The spreadsheets you fill out. The children you tuck in. The clients you serve. The laundry you fold. The notes you send. All of it is labor. And it matters more than you may realize.

In this milestone 20th episode of Your Most Beautiful Life, I share how my What Matters Most assessment helps me reflect on mission, purpose, career, and calling every season. Together, we’ll uncover why calling is simpler than we think, how purpose flows from within, and how to see even ordinary work as part of God’s sacred plan for your life.

Whether your labor feels hidden and overlooked or you’re wrestling with questions about calling and career, this conversation will give you clarity, hope, and a new way to see the sacred side of work.

🎯 You’ll learn:

• Why purpose is already woven into your life and not something “out there” to find

• How calling is simply God’s love flowing through your unique gifts to serve others

• Why feelings are signals of alignment and how to use them as a guide

• The 10 key areas of life I reflect on each season with my What Matters Most assessment

• A simple practice this Labor Day to see your work as sacred and life-giving

📎 Mentioned in this episode:

• Take the What Matters Most Assessment → https://lorijsmith.com/free-what-matters-most-assessment/

• Book a free 1:1 coaching session → https://calendly.com/lorijsmith/explore-coaching-free-personalized-session-with-lori

• Listen to Ep. 016: Sacred Identity Over Self-Improvement

🧠 QUOTABLE INSIGHTS

“Your work doesn’t give you purpose. You bring purpose to your work.”

“Calling isn’t a mystery to be solved. It’s the way God’s love flows through your gifts to meet the needs of others.”

“Your everyday labor—the seen and the unseen—is holy ground.”

“Feelings are signals of alignment. They show us where we’re living congruent with who God made us to be.”

“Your labor is not in vain, because God has already filled it with meaning.”

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🧠 KEYWORDS + TOPICS COVERED

faith-based work, sacred calling, mission and career clarity, identity in Christ, purpose and meaning, emotional alignment, What Matters Most assessment, women of faith, everyday labor, creating a life of beauty and peace

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By Lori J Smith

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