I am in Atlanta, Georgia, about to visit Candler School of
Theology as a prospective student for this fall. On this path to follow God it sure feels like I am doing a
lot of searching to try to find where God is leading…
This search can feel frustrating at times. Like God called me to this service,
then allusively hid from sight as I flounder to make decisions alone. So many factors play into this decision
to go to seminary, and so many of those factors don’t seem to line up evenly.
The search, the careful deliberation, is part of the
process. It might be the part of
the process that I dislike the most, but it is a part no less. A search indicates an unknown, and an
unknown can be scary. Change is
rarely comfortable, mostly because with change we are moving form the familiar
to the unfamiliar, from the known to the unknown.
So as I search, I pray that God will lead me, I talk to
others who can guide me, and I reflect inwardly on where my heart yearns. I know that wherever I go to school I
will be fine. As my mom puts it, “you are at the center of a giant wheel, with
spokes radiating in 27 different directions, and all of them lead to bright
futures.”
So where to next?
Alas the search continues… But I’ll know on Wednesday :)
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