I would identify as a young adult in some areas and parent in others. Firstly, I will state that I did not want to pursue this degree. Indeed, the Lord has a sense of humor. Every time this pathway opened, I would plead like Jonah to find someone else,
But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. (Jonah 1:3)
However, no matter how much I ran the same crossroads would reappear. Finally, I capitulated and currently, I travel not knowing what exactly the Lord has in mind for me. Each course, I collect gives me a reflection on my unique life experiences and how they all seem to converge to this. The questions that I ask myself follow more like the parent level questions. I want to help this person, organizing prayer, organizing events to help the poor …show more content…
In the sphere of our relationship with God, God states, “You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me.” (Exodus 20:5) God desires us to be totally devoted to him alone. The one large area that I need to surrender to Christ is my call to the ministry, God has not illuminated my path forward so I do not know where I go. I apperceive that I will not like it. However, God has revealed to numerous events in my life and how they all converge on this road. It leaves me slightly awestruck. I am senior manager at a brokerage, I co-own a second-hand store, and I assist in various ministries and then there is school. School has evaporated most of my free time and in way equates to a large sacrifice and
But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. (Jonah 1:3)
However, no matter how much I ran the same crossroads would reappear. Finally, I capitulated and currently, I travel not knowing what exactly the Lord has in mind for me. Each course, I collect gives me a reflection on my unique life experiences and how they all seem to converge to this. The questions that I ask myself follow more like the parent level questions. I want to help this person, organizing prayer, organizing events to help the poor …show more content…
In the sphere of our relationship with God, God states, “You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me.” (Exodus 20:5) God desires us to be totally devoted to him alone. The one large area that I need to surrender to Christ is my call to the ministry, God has not illuminated my path forward so I do not know where I go. I apperceive that I will not like it. However, God has revealed to numerous events in my life and how they all converge on this road. It leaves me slightly awestruck. I am senior manager at a brokerage, I co-own a second-hand store, and I assist in various ministries and then there is school. School has evaporated most of my free time and in way equates to a large sacrifice and