Today we finally got past the whole "get-to-know-everybody" phase and actually had our first real day of classes. Our guest teacher this week is an awesome, funny guy named Timo. Timo is from Germany, and it is great fun to listen to him speak English because as fluent as he is he still has a cool accent.
Anyhow, today Timo spoke to us in class. At first he was just telling his story, but it turned into something more. We ended up on the subject of God's Will. We discussed on whether God has any one specific will for our lives or if there are many different ways we could live and still be in His will.
After much pondering, I opt for the latter answer. There are, of course, very set guidelines in the Bible on what is obviously not God's will, and what obviously is (example: Do not kill; love your enemies) but I believe there are many different choices we can make within those guidelines, and God is happy to let us choose, even excited like a proud parent watching us make those decisions.
For example, I do not believe there is only one person God means to be our soulmate. If that was so, then if one person married someone who was not their soulmate, that means they married someone else's, which would start a big long chain reaction of everyone marrying the wrong person. I believe God gives us several choices, and depending on the decisions we each make, hopefully 2 people who complement each other and are compatible with each other will end up together. This is not to say that f they do there will not be conflict - quite on the contrary. Marriage is a serious endeavor and takes lots of work, the same as any relationship only magnified. It just means that there could be several people that, provided the right decisions are made, you could be equally happy with. One comforting thing about this is that it takes a lot of the pressure off - I don't have to worry about whether or not 'Rambo' is my "one and only soulmate" or not. I just believe that he and I are compatible, we complement each other, and we are willing to do the work and stick it out, through good times and bad.
Moving on. While pondering God's Will for my life today, I got the strangest feeling. I got this innate sense that God is preparing me for something for a choice. I could almost feel Him rubbing his hands together in excitement, saying to the angels, "Just wait until she sees the wonderful blessings I have for her, and the exciting choices she gets to make!". I could feel an unexplainable excitement rise up in my chest at that feeling. I feel like at the end of this DTS, it will be clear to me the different paths God will reveal for my life. Not the whole paths of course, but I will come to a fork in the road and my choices will be clear.
I know that somehow it has to do with binding all my interests together - writing, music, photography, counseling, cooking, and just helping people. I have always wondered why God gave me such diverse interests and no clear career path on which to go with them. I feel very strongly that during this season he will reveal to me how they all tie in together.
I have such an anticipation growing inside of me. I just can't wait to see all the surprises my Heavenly Father is going to bring my way. =]
Anyhow, today Timo spoke to us in class. At first he was just telling his story, but it turned into something more. We ended up on the subject of God's Will. We discussed on whether God has any one specific will for our lives or if there are many different ways we could live and still be in His will.
After much pondering, I opt for the latter answer. There are, of course, very set guidelines in the Bible on what is obviously not God's will, and what obviously is (example: Do not kill; love your enemies) but I believe there are many different choices we can make within those guidelines, and God is happy to let us choose, even excited like a proud parent watching us make those decisions.
For example, I do not believe there is only one person God means to be our soulmate. If that was so, then if one person married someone who was not their soulmate, that means they married someone else's, which would start a big long chain reaction of everyone marrying the wrong person. I believe God gives us several choices, and depending on the decisions we each make, hopefully 2 people who complement each other and are compatible with each other will end up together. This is not to say that f they do there will not be conflict - quite on the contrary. Marriage is a serious endeavor and takes lots of work, the same as any relationship only magnified. It just means that there could be several people that, provided the right decisions are made, you could be equally happy with. One comforting thing about this is that it takes a lot of the pressure off - I don't have to worry about whether or not 'Rambo' is my "one and only soulmate" or not. I just believe that he and I are compatible, we complement each other, and we are willing to do the work and stick it out, through good times and bad.
Moving on. While pondering God's Will for my life today, I got the strangest feeling. I got this innate sense that God is preparing me for something for a choice. I could almost feel Him rubbing his hands together in excitement, saying to the angels, "Just wait until she sees the wonderful blessings I have for her, and the exciting choices she gets to make!". I could feel an unexplainable excitement rise up in my chest at that feeling. I feel like at the end of this DTS, it will be clear to me the different paths God will reveal for my life. Not the whole paths of course, but I will come to a fork in the road and my choices will be clear.
I know that somehow it has to do with binding all my interests together - writing, music, photography, counseling, cooking, and just helping people. I have always wondered why God gave me such diverse interests and no clear career path on which to go with them. I feel very strongly that during this season he will reveal to me how they all tie in together.
I have such an anticipation growing inside of me. I just can't wait to see all the surprises my Heavenly Father is going to bring my way. =]
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