I listened to a podcast by Judah Smith the other day and he talked about this question-a question we ask our students a lot to get to know them:
“What do you want be when you grow up?”
But the question should be:
“What do you want your life to look like?”
Or more importantly:
“What does G*d want my life to look like?”
Life is not a destination, it’s a journey.
I thought for the longest time that once I got my nursing degree I would finally get to where I was supposed to be in life. It was my ultimate goal. I didn’t know who I was outside of being a nurse. There was no plan B until the big G asked me to take a risk. To live a life surrendered to His plan and not my own. To travel the world with Him and love others like He does.
When the Lawd told me that he wanted me to drop out of school I thought “What if this is a loss of what I want to do, what will I do now?”… and it truly was. I stepped out in faith and decided to drop out of nursing school to pursue life with Him. He has reminded me of this:
“you don’t [always] get what you think you want but you get what G*d wants which is truly satisfying and fulfilling in your life”
A life surrendered isn’t easy and it doesn’t mean there isn’t any pain but G*d wants you to live in abundance!
He wants you to have an effective life.
He wants us to be surrendered but also surrounded. Life cannot be achieved by yourself.
The race has been a series of seasons so far, I’ve learned so much about myself, what community is supposed to look like and how there is always more to Jesus.
I’m lucky to have an incredible community back home and I’m blessed to have the girls with me now that I get to share these life experiences and my soul with.
“G*d has a lifetime of adventures for you, but they won’t happen by accident. You have to make the decision to go.” -Seth Barnes
