Okay. So I am one of those people who has to have a plan for everything. Last summer I went to Marvell, Arkansas w/ Aaron, Josh, Christian, and Amanda, and the last day of the week we just drove around looking for something to do. That drove me insane.
Lately I've been praying a lot about what God wants me to do with my life. And everytime I ask that, I get an "assignment" to do right now. Well that's not what I asked for. I want to know what career I should have, if I will have kids, where I should live; that kind of stuff.
But God knows better than me.
Maybe this will all lead to what I'm supposed to do when I'm older. I don't know. But there's a bigger picture that I can't see.
For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to be a writer "when I grow up". It's a passion I've always had. Maybe God wants me to use that gift for him somehow. I like to think so, because I enjoy it so much, but maybe there's something bigger than that out there for me. And for you.
Okay so when I was younger I was nothing but a worry-wart. That was my nickname. Yep. Well, I've come to trust God more, but I think it's going to be something that I will struggle with for most of my life. But hey, doesn't God feed the birds? And aren't we more valuable in his eyes? =]
If someone asked me what I wanted to be, inside I'd probably be thinking "A writer who's married with four kids who lives on the beach in the warm warm WARM sun". That sounds perfect. But maybe I'll end up completely different. Maybe God has a bigger and better plan for me. So my answer is always "Well, God hasn't told me yet".
My advice is to just pray that God shows you, and he will...soon enough. He hasn't told me yet, but He will. I once prayed for something and it didn't get answered for ~8+ years. So just be patient with God (ooh, she did NOT just say patient!) Yeah, I hate patience as much as the next guy, but it is truly useful... but that's a topic for another day.
If God has already told you what you should do with you're life, I would love to hear it (if you want to share) but if not, that's fine. Now, I have my whole day planned out, and I'm 2 minutes behind schedule, so I need to get going. =]
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Left or Right... or north? Wait, what!?
Posted by Autter at 10:36 AM
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I am the exact same way. At a church camp a couple of years ago my two best friends felt that God had shown them their directions in life. One is planning on going into ministry and the other is working on becoming a firefighter. I was so happy for them at the time but personally I was upset because I had no idea what I wanted to do. I prayed about it daily.
Now I still pray about it but I am not nearly as concerned. I'm not really worried about what career I am going to have. I know what I want to do (Be an Imagineer for Disney) but if it doesn't happen it's not such a big deal. I do know that in about three years I will be helping my friends (my friend going into ministry and one of the youth pastors at my church back home) plant a church. It's going to be rocking. Whatever my career ends up being, it will work its way into the benefit of the church.
So don't worry about it. Things will all work out awesome.
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