Saturday, November 2, 2013
Pulled
Never have I had such turmoil within my soul. My heart feels pulled in a different direction, but I am unsure what that is. This feeling has been building up for over a year now, but I have pushed it aside in the midst of what I knew and the goal I was headed toward. For the past three years, I've been working hard toward a degree in Creative Writing and Psychology. This is the only leading I've ever had from God career wise: to use writing as a therapy. So I thought, okay, cool, let's do that. Let's major in Creative Writing and minor in Psychology. But the closer I've gotten toward my goal, the further my heart has strayed. I don't even know where it is, but it has certainly traveled somewhere else, far far away. This is crazy. Why would I give up on this now? God is a God of order, right? A God of peace, logic, and sense. Yes. But what am I to do with this stirring in my soul that I cannot ignore? Every day it is stirred more. Every day, God says "leave it." And I say, "okay, to go where? To do what?" And all He says is "Leave it." I try to make sense of it, I try to find another direction to walk in. And all He says is "Leave it." I can't possibly hope to ignore Him any longer. Every avenue I pursue, every career field I explore, I come away empty handed, with no further insight than I had before. What does this mean? Do I stick it out and finish my degree, even though I hate it? Or do I follow to wherever in no man's land he is leading my heart and figure it out? By the world's standards, this is crazy. I feel a bit like Joan of Arc. I hear so many voices, so many lies, my brain is swimming, and I can't hear God. I don't have time to listen for His voice. I keep plugging away at school, at work, trying to keep going. But inside, I'm dying. This major is KILLING me. It's draining me of every breath I have, of every ounce of joy. I've lost myself in it, and not in a good way. Yes, I know I have to walk by faith. No one knows where they will end up in their career when they pick a major. But I'm so paralyzed, I don't know where to go. Is this a fault of my indecision, or is it God's leading? I wish He would tell me. In the meantime, my heart gets pulled further and further away; from Belhaven, from my friends here, from school, from Creative Writing, and towards something else. I just wish I knew what it was.
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