Being Content

This is a blog that has been on my heart for quite a while now. Many of you may have read my blog about not going to culinary school. I am so happy to say that nothing has changed, I still know that is not what I need to do and for that, I am very thankful. One thing I worried about was not being able to make up my mind about going or not but God has made it clear that I'm not supposed to. In saying that, I have no idea what career to go after. PERSONALLY, that doesn't scare me at all. It's odd, and I can't explain why I'm not frightened, but I'm not. For that, I am also thankful.

I absolutely love where I'm at. Most people would be frightened, and like I said I have no idea why I'm not. I just know I am the most moldable I have ever been. If God called me to Africa, I could go. I have given up MY plans and have full intentions of following after HIS.

It is amazing how much pressure is on a 17 yr old to decide what to do with the rest of your life. I DON'T KNOW WHO I WANT TO BE IN TEN YEARS. I want to be more in love with God than I have ever been. I want to be exactly where He wants me to be in my relationships, career, town, finances and spiritually.

To work on being where I want to be in ten years, there are things I am working on now. Now I hope all of you are reading my dear friend/identical twin Sarah Taylor's blog, if you're not, get to it. She talks about being her own friend and by doing that, you 1. Can be content with being yourself. 2. You don't have to look for people for companionship. God would be the ultimate friend and I can't think of a sweeter friend. Now the thought of having no friends sounds horrifying and I don't think that God really wants that for me. But if my happiness is based off of how many friends I have or how my friends treat me, I will never truly be happily content.


One of my biggest pet peeves is people complaining about this town. Listen. If you are here in this town and can't help it, you are here for a reason. God didn't accidentally choose Moultrie/Thomasville/wherever for you to grow up. If you are here and feel like you're not supposed to be here, WHAT ARE YOU STILL DOING HERE? Now I know this is way easy for me to say because 1. I love Moultrie. 2. It is easy for me to go somewhere new, I have nothing holding me here.

God is GOOD. Ho doesn't want us to be unhappy. He has us where we are for a reason. What career he has for me, I don't know yet. But that's not for me to worry about. All I need to worry about is listening to Him and obeying what He says. I want to be content in every circumstance.

Help me God to be content with where You have me.

Blessed.

Warning: this might sound cheesy, but it is truly genuine. Today I was thinking about this time last year and I remember something I told someone which was "I was raised right and I love God". Often I get asked what is different about me than others and that is all God. But second to that is definitely my parents. I honestly was raised right. My dad is one of the wisest people I know. And I would not be where I am today if it weren't for my mom's love and support.There is no way around it, my parents are awesome and I am so blessed to have them. I believe the reason I enjoy church is because I was raise to like it. I wasn't raised to have negative feelings about church. I wasn't raised to find happiness in the things of this world. I wasn't raised to search for love from boys. I wasn't raised to disrespect leadership. I was raised to listen to God, and follow the path he has set before me. I was raised to work for what I have and to spend money wisely. I was raised to turn to God instead of any earthly objects. And yes, it is because of my parents that I was brought up with those morals but it is because of God that I have stuck to them. Thinking back on that time last year, I was a different person. I still have issues but God has done so much in my life since then. It is such a good feeling to know I don have to struggle with the same things I struggled with last year. I have been forgiven and renewed and that is the old me. And pretty soon the person I am now will be the old me and I'll be further in my walk with Christ then I am now. How refreshing is that! I know I am able to say no to things I don't agree with because I wasn't raised to bend my standards. And living a Godly life instead of a life of sin is somethig my parents raised me to do, but because of the grace of God, it is something I choose to do and am fully capable of. Huge thanks to God for choosing me to be their daughter and huge thanks to my parents for listening to God in everything they do and for "training up a child in the way it should go"