Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Confusion consumes me.

So I thought I had finally figured out what I wanted to get a degree in. First an A.A. in Bible from Johnson Bible College than a bachelor's in Creative Writing from some place that I haven't figured out yet. I figured this out a couple of days ago. Some time last week, I think. For some reason unknown to me I didn't realize that was a degree. It's exactly what I hope to do (and get paid for). This was all before my Introduction to Christian Ministry class. Brent Brewer was our speaker, he's my professor for World Missions and Evangelism. He was introducing what the Mission major is switching over into, Intercultural Studies. There's a track in the major I'm interested in studying, Linguistics. I've always had a love of languages. I've even had people suggest to me that I look into Pioneer Bible Translators, the organization on that track that I would intern with if I studied this degree. I really started to get confused and stress out about it. I have problems. One is that I tend to make decisions alot and then change my mind not long after the decision is made, being the whole reason I'm in this situation. Another problem I have is stress I have always had medical problems relating to stress. I've been trying to work on it. I could probably use prayer in that area. That was when I realized I needed to take a step back. What does God want me to do? I always have a problem with not giving it to God and letting him lead me. I don't do it intentionally. I just don't think about it. Which is, in my own mind, just as bad, if not worse. I not only don't bother to ask, I go so far as to forget him. So I took a step back and I started wondering what God wants me to do. I believe that writing is the gift he has given me. Stories come naturally to me and when I don't write them down I all but go insane. I truly believe this is the gift he has given me. I don't think of myself as a story teller, even though that's what I do. I think of myself as a writer because I'm not good when it comes to talking to people. I get nervous and things don't come out right, even when I'm talking to family I've known basically since birth. So anyway I started asking myself what God wanted. I believe He want me to be at Johnson Bible College. I believe He wants me to get an A.A. in Bible. I believe he wants me to be a writer, but that's where I get stuck. I just don't know what He wants me to do from there. I could really use some prayer on the subject. Thanks.
~Susann

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