Decisions

Decisions.I hate making them. I don’t like the process of determining one act, item or anything over another. I would much rather have someone tell me what to do, where to go and what to wear. Decision making is just one piece of this inevitable puzzle called, “growing up”.
When I was a child, my parents would tell me what I could and couldn’t do. They told me when to be home. They told me what I could and couldn’t watch, read, or listen to. They instructed me on how to act and helped me make the right decisions about friends, classes, etc. It was a wonderful life. But as I grew older they informed me that they could give me advice but the decision was ultimately mine to make.
My senior year of high school I made one such decision. I decided to join Life Action Ministries. I filled out the application and sent it all the way from Alabama to Buchanan, Michigan. I was accepted in March, 2006. I joined the ministry on July 22, of that same year. I traveled on one of the road teams as a children’s minister for four years. We traveled all over the country ministering in different churches, teaching the message of revival. I have determined I was in over seventy different churches in these four years. Each year I had a decision to make. Was I to stay for another year, or move on to something else? Every year the Lord seemed to lead in the same direction, stay. He seemed to say this until the past year (Aug. 2009- June 2010)
The next difficult decision to be made was this past year. I knew it was my last year traveling with Life Action, but I didn’t know what was supposed to come next. I asked my parents and they gave some suggestions but reminded me that this was a decision I needed to make on my own. I thought and prayed long and hard and searched my heart for the desires the Lord has given me. I found Children’s Ministry at the top. I also found a desire to know more about the Bible and further my education (stamp out my ignorance). My dad drove over 24 hours to pick me up in Sylvester, Georgia where I was ministering, and drive me up to Tigerville, South Carolina to visit North Greenville University (NGU). I decided to come to major in Christian Studies at NGU.
Thus far the Lord has blessed that decision by giving me some great professors (as stated in an earlier blog post), good friends, and beautiful creation to enjoy in upper South Carolina.
Though decisions can be tough to make it does make me feel more confident in what I’m doing. I ask God to give me wisdom (James 1:5) so that the decisions I make bring glory to Him and make me more like His Son.