Good morning blog-reading friends! I hope this Thursday finds you happy and healthy!
I recently wrote a Facebook post that said this, "Do I take advantage of half-price tuition at Midwestern and get my Master's in Christian Education? Do I pursue a career in finance? Or do I simply wait and try for a teaching job again next year? Ugh, the decisions I must make!!!!" Moving to Kansas City has been such a whirlwind. It's a fresh start...I can change careers, I can go back to school, I can basically do whatever I want. It's a re-do, fully and completely. Some people welcome a new start, some people wish they could start over at the ripe old age of 24. But me? It stresses me out...way too much! A few people wrote back saying to pray and have patience (yeah, I've been doing that for over 2 months here!). But my brother-in-law wrote, "Relax and enjoy the point of life where you are at."
I don't like admitting Josh is right. And when I first read it, I thought to myself, "Yeah enjoy freaking out about what I'm going to do with my life? Enjoy working 9 hours a day and every weekend?" Then my mom called and said, "You know, I think Josh was right." He is, dang it! And don't you go getting a big head over this Josh Henry! :) I know that I wasn't brought to KC to waitress at Olive Garden for five years. But it's been a darn good job in the transition. I make enough money, it keeps me busy, they work with my schedule and it provides new friendships and opportunities to share Christ with my co-workers. I fully believe that God has a job waiting for me, somewhere...a great job that I will enjoy and have success in...it's just not time for that job yet.
I've been playing phone tag with a financial company about a Financial Adviser position. It seems that she calls me, I call her, she calls me again, I call her back...but we haven't been able to talk yet. It's been 4 days of phone tag. Is that a sign that I'm not supposed to pursue that job? If I knew I'd be working at Olive Garden for an extended time period, I would go ahead and start working towards my Master's in Christian Education here at the seminary. Why not? I get half-price tuition and have a flexible schedule at work. But I don't know these things. I don't know if the financial job will work out. I don't know if I want my Master's in Christian Education (seminary classes are tough!) and I don't know if I still want to be a teacher.
But what I do know is the God has a great plan, a wonderful plan...a plan not to harm me and one in which I will prosper. I just have to enjoy the moment and wait for the plan. Waiting isn't something I'm fond of...patience is not a virtue I have mastered yet. So I will continue to wait and to seek God's plan for my life. The answers will come in His perfect timing. And then I will know...finance? Master's degree? teaching? Who knows...but whatever it is...it will be awesome!
Please continue to pray for us as we both start school on Monday. Luke is taking three classes (Greek, Baptist History and History of Christianity). He has classes Monday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings. I will be participating in a women's Bible study on Monday nights and taking one class on Tuesday nights through the Wisdom program on campus. The program is for wives of seminary students. I am taking Old Testament. We are also in the process of joining a great church here in KC. It's a really awesome, missions-minded church and we are both excited to get involved!
I recently wrote a Facebook post that said this, "Do I take advantage of half-price tuition at Midwestern and get my Master's in Christian Education? Do I pursue a career in finance? Or do I simply wait and try for a teaching job again next year? Ugh, the decisions I must make!!!!" Moving to Kansas City has been such a whirlwind. It's a fresh start...I can change careers, I can go back to school, I can basically do whatever I want. It's a re-do, fully and completely. Some people welcome a new start, some people wish they could start over at the ripe old age of 24. But me? It stresses me out...way too much! A few people wrote back saying to pray and have patience (yeah, I've been doing that for over 2 months here!). But my brother-in-law wrote, "Relax and enjoy the point of life where you are at."
I don't like admitting Josh is right. And when I first read it, I thought to myself, "Yeah enjoy freaking out about what I'm going to do with my life? Enjoy working 9 hours a day and every weekend?" Then my mom called and said, "You know, I think Josh was right." He is, dang it! And don't you go getting a big head over this Josh Henry! :) I know that I wasn't brought to KC to waitress at Olive Garden for five years. But it's been a darn good job in the transition. I make enough money, it keeps me busy, they work with my schedule and it provides new friendships and opportunities to share Christ with my co-workers. I fully believe that God has a job waiting for me, somewhere...a great job that I will enjoy and have success in...it's just not time for that job yet.
I've been playing phone tag with a financial company about a Financial Adviser position. It seems that she calls me, I call her, she calls me again, I call her back...but we haven't been able to talk yet. It's been 4 days of phone tag. Is that a sign that I'm not supposed to pursue that job? If I knew I'd be working at Olive Garden for an extended time period, I would go ahead and start working towards my Master's in Christian Education here at the seminary. Why not? I get half-price tuition and have a flexible schedule at work. But I don't know these things. I don't know if the financial job will work out. I don't know if I want my Master's in Christian Education (seminary classes are tough!) and I don't know if I still want to be a teacher.
But what I do know is the God has a great plan, a wonderful plan...a plan not to harm me and one in which I will prosper. I just have to enjoy the moment and wait for the plan. Waiting isn't something I'm fond of...patience is not a virtue I have mastered yet. So I will continue to wait and to seek God's plan for my life. The answers will come in His perfect timing. And then I will know...finance? Master's degree? teaching? Who knows...but whatever it is...it will be awesome!
Please continue to pray for us as we both start school on Monday. Luke is taking three classes (Greek, Baptist History and History of Christianity). He has classes Monday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings. I will be participating in a women's Bible study on Monday nights and taking one class on Tuesday nights through the Wisdom program on campus. The program is for wives of seminary students. I am taking Old Testament. We are also in the process of joining a great church here in KC. It's a really awesome, missions-minded church and we are both excited to get involved!
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