INT211AMargie KeithJanuary 2018Keith.Session1.JournalThis journal entrywill begin four years ago, in the spring of 2014. I had just come back from a long camping trip, and the mundane work of administration was making me feel like a prisoner in my own life. I was restless, hungry, uncomfortable, and defeated. My best friend since childhood sent me a quote by Frederick Buechner, “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” It would be no exaggeration to say that the sudden reminder that God put me here for a reason and that I need to find out whatit is, was life-changing. It set me on a new trajectory. Within a couple of months I’d quit that job and gotten a slightly better one. But it
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I felt like I’d come full circle, that four years ago I was lost and frustrated and desperately longing for purpose, and after God stripped just about everything out of my life that I had been holding onto, He’s now brought me to a place where I can grow and thrive and figure out just what it is that I’ve been born to do. I don’t yet know what I’ll do with my life. But I know that I’ve got skills and abilities that the Lord has blessed me with, whichI can use for His kingdom plan. After searching for my entire life for what I want to be when I grow up, I’ve finally been given a road map on how to find it. It’s like stumbling along a dark trail, and someone hands you a flashlight. You can still only see what’s in front of you, but you can see the next few steps clearly, and are no longer tripping over every obstacle in the path. The education I hope to receive at CCU is my flashlight. I’m not sure where the trail is going, but I am confident that God has me walking it for a reason, and that the obstaclesI come across will be easier to navigate than ever
I felt like I’d come full circle, that four years ago I was lost and frustrated and desperately longing for purpose, and after God stripped just about everything out of my life that I had been holding onto, He’s now brought me to a place where I can grow and thrive and figure out just what it is that I’ve been born to do. I don’t yet know what I’ll do with my life. But I know that I’ve got skills and abilities that the Lord has blessed me with, whichI can use for His kingdom plan. After searching for my entire life for what I want to be when I grow up, I’ve finally been given a road map on how to find it. It’s like stumbling along a dark trail, and someone hands you a flashlight. You can still only see what’s in front of you, but you can see the next few steps clearly, and are no longer tripping over every obstacle in the path. The education I hope to receive at CCU is my flashlight. I’m not sure where the trail is going, but I am confident that God has me walking it for a reason, and that the obstaclesI come across will be easier to navigate than ever