Decisions

A lot of decisions have come up for me recently. Firstly, my mom asked me if I wanted to help her write a book. My first response was "NO!" I didn't want to deal with the temptation of that again--I'm still fighting the temptations from my last attempts to write novels. I didn't want to be tempted again, to give myself more opportunities to slip up, to possibly give myself more stories to fight against.

Secondly, I've really been thinking about what I want to do with my life after college. Going to graduate school is definitely something that I've considered. Something that I've been thinking about a lot recently, especially during the last semester, was working in education--whether in some sort of nonprofit, as a teacher, or as a professor. Today someone told me that they really thought I should consider going to seminary and becoming a pastor, and that they thought I'd be good at it. Honestly, the thought just blew me away. It's not something that I'd ever considered for myself, and I've honestly never thought of myself as the kind of person who would make a good pastor. Although I guess it's not the person that makes the pastor, it's God. I promised to think and pray about it. I'm trying to be open about it. God does not seem to be immediately opposed to the idea, at least.

Ultimately, I'm so glad that I don't actually have to make these decisions, or any decisions, really. God will make them all. I do have to decide to follow Him, but I think that's still easier than to make such a huge decision like a career choice, because I know that God has a plan for me, and that anything He asks me to do is part of that plan. I would, however, appreciate prayers: for my decision-making process, that I will be able to hear God speaking to me and have the courage to do what He asks of me. Amen.