As my time at Holmes Bible College is in its twilight, I am faced with the realization that I have to make plans for my future and still be in the will of God. I have to decide how I will proceed to the path God has for me. I can honestly say at this point I have no idea. It is the intention of this paper to share my life up to this point, my basic future goals, the philosophy that will lead me there, my personal calling, the intention for my life, and how Holmes has prepared me. Let this paper be my finale as a student at Holmes Bible College.
To start I would like to list three basic facts. I plan to pursue some sort of higher education. I desire teaching and church planting within the context of world missions. I will follow this path under …show more content…
How can such a finite being such as myself even hope to claim such? I can attest, at least in part, to the definite call that God has for my life because of His Spirit, will, and personal experience. My life was changed by these three things when I came to Holmes. Long story short, I went to Honduras in September 2011 for my first mission trip. This changed my life and sealed the call of missions. I came back, got married a year later, and after many personal and spiritual struggles wound up on the northern side of Dixie at a Bible college I knew almost nothing about. Through this Abraham like leap of faith, I have known what living by faith is. I have known what suffering for the cause of Christ is. I have known what it is like to be fed by ravens and I have known what true blessings are. Jesus once said, “And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life”. I have come to know just how true that verse really is and I count it the joy of my life. For in the last three years I have realized a true change in my life. (Mat. …show more content…
My dad told me I had a job starting the next week. That week I began my love-hate relationship with being a carpenter. I have stories to write on for life, but in respect of this paper, I will keep it simple. I worked with Blackmon Construction for four years. Those were four of the most testing and demanding years of my life. My boss was a man named Lynn Blackmon. He was a very rough and difficult man. He was hurt by a liar disguised as a man of God that caused him to have a bad view of Christians. Lynn loved me even though we could fight like cats and dogs. He was a slave driver the likes of which few men my age could endure. He was in his seventies then and he carried a work ethic from ages past. Back then I was a newly saved man and I struggled, but Lynn taught me what work is and that has come to guide my
To start I would like to list three basic facts. I plan to pursue some sort of higher education. I desire teaching and church planting within the context of world missions. I will follow this path under …show more content…
How can such a finite being such as myself even hope to claim such? I can attest, at least in part, to the definite call that God has for my life because of His Spirit, will, and personal experience. My life was changed by these three things when I came to Holmes. Long story short, I went to Honduras in September 2011 for my first mission trip. This changed my life and sealed the call of missions. I came back, got married a year later, and after many personal and spiritual struggles wound up on the northern side of Dixie at a Bible college I knew almost nothing about. Through this Abraham like leap of faith, I have known what living by faith is. I have known what suffering for the cause of Christ is. I have known what it is like to be fed by ravens and I have known what true blessings are. Jesus once said, “And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life”. I have come to know just how true that verse really is and I count it the joy of my life. For in the last three years I have realized a true change in my life. (Mat. …show more content…
My dad told me I had a job starting the next week. That week I began my love-hate relationship with being a carpenter. I have stories to write on for life, but in respect of this paper, I will keep it simple. I worked with Blackmon Construction for four years. Those were four of the most testing and demanding years of my life. My boss was a man named Lynn Blackmon. He was a very rough and difficult man. He was hurt by a liar disguised as a man of God that caused him to have a bad view of Christians. Lynn loved me even though we could fight like cats and dogs. He was a slave driver the likes of which few men my age could endure. He was in his seventies then and he carried a work ethic from ages past. Back then I was a newly saved man and I struggled, but Lynn taught me what work is and that has come to guide my