I'm running out of time in Oregon. As the season ends, people start asking what comes next. It's a familiar question. I heard it during my senior year of high school and my senior year of college. This time, my answer is different.
First, I don't owe anyone an explanation. When friends and family talked to me about the future after high school I believed that I had to have a plan and it had to make sense. I had to justify my choices to the nameless mob that asked about them. Not anymore. No one has anymore of a clue than anyone else. I don't owe an explanation to anyone.
Second, if the Lord wills I will live, and do this or that. Tomorrow is not guaranteed, let alone five years from now. Plans fail. People die. Dreaming and planning is hopeless and empty if I am not living right now, today, to my fullest ability.
Yes, and I will rejoice, for I
know that this will turn out for my deliverance through
your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according
to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will not be put to shame
in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ will even
now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
-from Philippians 1
it sounds like you need some time to stop and reflect. that's not a bad thing. My daughter took a year in between high school and university. I think it was good for her to do.
ReplyDeleteI think we’re always deciding which path we will follow next, and there are always surprises along the way. I’ve always said I’m glad I don’t have a crystal ball. I’d probably have had a heart attack if God had shown me my future. But there was enough for each day, and looking back, it all makes sense.
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