Yep, that’s the title of one of the Hobbit movies. But to tell you the truth, Bilbo and I aren’t very uncommon.
Just as Bilbo didn’t want to go on a quest with the dwarves, I didn’t want to do a gap year. but God had different plans for me, just as Gandalf did for Frodo.
In my mind, I was going to go to University, get a degree, and be out in the world pursuing my dream! Not doing a gap year that would kee me a year behind my friends and not be helpful to me in any way.
These selfish reasons kept me back from looking into any program for a gap year for quite a while, even though the words ‘gap year’ kept bugging the back of my mind for half a year. It wasn’t until my sister was scrolling through the World Race website, that my eye caught the sight of the Gap Year program.
Right then I knew this was what God wanted me to do.
To be frank, I ignored the tugging feeling of the World Race gap year for a little while. Then, after about a week and a half, I couldn’t ignore it anymore. That night I knelt on my knees and told God I would do it, that this trip, as well as everything else of mine, was his.
I’ll admit, I still feel like how Bilbo was at the beginning of the movie, but I know, as God continues to work in my life, I will become more confident in life’s uncertainties. God is in control!!
John 16:33 reminds us:
“I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble, but take heart! I have overcome the world!”
