Course Corrections

Fragmented thought. Can you think of a time in your life where you felt guided into something great? Is there a moment where you saw God pick you up and move you over slightly or even drastically? Well, I know that I have! Did I notice it at the time? No, not usually. I feel like there have been quite a few times where God's direction in my life has become more clear and where he wanted me to spend my time came to pass. I could sit here and tell story after story, but let me just rummage through a few.

After my first year in college I was getting ready to head home for the summer and spend some time with my family just enjoying some time off. However, that was not at all what the Lord had planned for my life; was I aware of what he was about to do in my life, of course not. It all started with a phone call from one of my friends from church and all she said was Quaker Lake is in need of a girl counselor and its only a couple weeks before camp starts, if you would be interested you should call the director. I am sure at that moment I stumbled over words and it was quite an odd conversation. Quaker Lake needs a counselor, interesting. At that moment thousands of things flooded my mind but eventually the connection was made I called one day, had an interview on the front porch of the directors house and I started within two days. Every time I think about that I am marveled about how God worked that situation out not only for me but how I was the answer to the prayers for a girl counselor that summer. The funny thing is God knew all along that I was going to become engulfed with my life at camp, that I was going to go on and be the Assistant Director for two years and that place would become my haven, my get a way and that he would become my true love in that place. That summer led to four summers and memory after memory that forever changed who I am as a leader and who I am as a woman of God. This weekend I got asked to bless and pray over the wedding of the Assistant Director that first summer I was at Quaker Lake; what a blessing it is to have such wonderful people in my life and such a wonderful place that we all share!

My second groundbreaking life/course adjustment from God came in slow intervals roadblocks and even undisclosed avenues that ultimately led to a change in life goals. When I was a sophomore in college I decided that I wanted to be an audiologist and work within the field of Speech and Hearing, so I went to class after class and although I wasn't very good at phonetics I was convinced that I wanted to be an Audiologist. It was my passion and my desire and I had always been intrigued by cohlear implants and even the anatomy of the ear. So after applying to programs and failing to meet the standards:( I felt God change my direction in life completely; within a couple weeks God sent me two people to tell me that I would be a great counselor and it was like it all came together, lightbulbs went off and I realized counseling was what I had been doing all along, it was what I loved and how I loved spending my summers and that was what God desired for me (noting the difference in my desires and our desires). So, I begin to dabble in some courses and then when it was time to apply, God gave me complete peace and insured me that I was getting in to a place where he wanted me to do great works.

There is not a single doubt in my mind that God has placed me where he wants me and that this will not be the last time I see a life/course adjustment. It is road after road that he takes us down and road after road that we are to follow.