A Path

When it comes to deciding my career path, or future in general, I've never been sure of anything. Nothing fit right, and I was never sure of what I would really be happy doing. But I've finally decided what I want to do with my life...or God has finally shown me a path. Since I've recommitted my life to Christ, I've been praying incessantly for Him to show me what to do. "What path do You want me to take? I feel so useless.. use me for whatever You have planned... I submit to Your will." Basically, I've been in neutral for way too long and I'm ready to hit the gas. Trust me, I prayed for patience during all of this. I'm SO impatient. Anyway, it started out where I realized how much I love to tell people about God. Just to give them some insight to how incredible He really is. I asked my sister one day, "Do you ever think about God? Just in your daily life?" She replied with "Not really." But I could tell it made her think. A few days later she mentioned thinking of Him while she was at work one day. It made me so happy to hear that! It's a start, right?! A lot of the time when I have conversations about Jesus I get "yeah.." but knowing that I at least put the thought in their minds which creates the possibility of it coming up later just warms my heart! I would love to be able to help people through their issues by using God's Word and Love. I knew that it would be very important for me to truly study the Bible. And going to school would do just that. So I started looking at bible colleges and eventually found a pre-counseling program at one of them. That's when it hit me. Yes, I've always loved to write, and I hope to continue blogging and moving someone closer to God on a daily basis. But what if I could experience that first hand? To see God's Love pour into someone's soul and bring them out of whatever is holding them down. It would be my greatest joy to have God's Love speak through me every day, knowing that I'm doing what He created me to. So I've decided to pursue a career in counseling (psychology) and biblical studies. I'm hoping to be a church counselor or even a counselor at a private school. I just want to be able to spread His love and bring people closer to Him. The school I'm hoping to attend is quite expensive and I'm hoping to get some sort of scholarship funds. So if any of you know of any grants, scholarships, or just have advice, PLEASE let me know! I pray that God speaks through one of you to help me out! I'd appreciate prayers while I go through this process. Nothing is guaranteed, but I pray that if this is truly in God's will for me, everything will fall into place.