vision

Not too long ago, I started following this blog and joined the website... At the nudging of Martha Street, I started reading a book. It is about finding and following God's purpose for one's life. I feel I've been floundering in this area lately, like, maybe for the past 3-4 years when some seriously big changes started happening in my life, culminating in a move to another state. Can this really be God's plan? Why do I feel so lost?



At the end of the first chapter, we are encouraged to do something (a vision board, a pinterest board) that makes our dream visible. It is meant to inspire, to keep the dream alive. I was kind of puzzling over this, but when I logged into this blog, I noticed the last post was about my dream.

I can't say I have "vision" on that, just some ideas floating around. I do think I'm on the right track with the accounting degree, and I hope that my past experiences will prove beneficial as well (as only God can orchestrate). I'm having a hard time making a vision board, but how about just writing some thoughts here on the old blog?

The second chapter was about strengths and weaknesses. The author encouraged us to ask other people who are close to us what they perceive our strengths to be. My husband came up with something that was not in the book, nor something I saw in myself. He said I have "passion".

I hadn't thought of it before, but I can see that I do get a bit passionate about injustices. Perhaps that is what he meant. Case in point, I have been overwhelmed lately learning about slavery. Yes, even in the 21st century, even though almost all countries abolished slavery in the 19th century, there is still slavery in the world. There is still slavery in the United States. Human beings are bought and sold and held against their will and abused for someone else's profit. So, I've been following @enditmovement on Twitter, and I am concurrently reading Not For Sale.  I don't know if that will be part of the vision, because it's not like I can just pack up and move to Atlanta or Bankok... but you never know what God has up his sleeve. So, I'll just leave this percolating for now.

Yes, I am scared silly. And, yes, this does seem so much bigger than anything I would ever be able to accomplish. But I know I serve a big God, and all I can do is keep my trust in Him.