Changes...

So many changes are happening right now. The biggest one is that this morning I officially turned down the only full-time job offer I have ever had. Neither of my parents are in agreement, they knew it was going to happen because I told them I was giong to turn it down, they just don't know that it happened already this morning. Why would I do such a thing when I have student loans to pay back? I feel this is what the Lord wanted me to do -- I really feel that He is preparing me to move. In my heart, I know that this was the right thing to do, but in my head I'm calling myself names because I am going to have to work two part-time jobs in order to make enough money for my bills each month. On the otherhand, I will get to do what I want :) Substitute teaching and EMT-B! I have wanted to try my hand at EMT for a few years now but my parents say that it is a job that is beneath me. My view? I know it's going to be tough, demanding work, but I really want to try it. I feel like I will regret it if I do not try it, and so far the Lord has paved the way for both of these jobs for me.

I feel like the Lord is also telling me to move out of the area that I am currently living in. I feel He is pulling me towards a Mennonite community that I have been spending a bit of time in as of late and I am really hoping that it is what He wants. So far it appears it is because the two jobs I want to work at, I am eligible for both of them where I would move to. It is finding a place to stay now that I need to keep looking for and praying on.

Anyway, enough about that kind of stuff. Question: How do you feel about Bible Studies?

I have a friend who is against them because she was raised to not take part in them and the church that she was attending for a while before moving is against them. They have the view that you can alter a person's thinking too much with thoughts that do not directly come from God because the leader may interpret God's Word too much. My thinking? As long as I do not have to lead it or participate I will sit and listen and then make my own decisions. But I can see where the church is coming from that is against them...all too many times we can alter someone's thinking simply by adding our own interpretations to God's Word instead of letting God work in the person.

Today's scripture comes from Proverbs 3:5 (KJV) - "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding" and Psalm 48:14 (KJV) - "For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death."

Blessings in Christ,