27 Years Gone by....

If you had asked me when I was 7 years old what I would be doing at 27 I would have probably told you that I would be working as a garbage collector.....I always thought it would be the coolest job to ride on the back of the garbage truck. I probably also would have told you that my side job would be babysitting and living with my parents forever (hmmm)?!?!

At 17, while captain of the school danceline, I would have told you that athletic training was more my style. I also would have told you that I was about as knowlegable as I would ever be. My theory being that you learn all you will ever learn by 18 and then just apply that knowledge for the rest of your life. I would like to count this distruth as a "Means of Grace" for all you Systematic people.

By 20 I was a little less certain that I knew so much....in fact, I was pretty certain I knew nothing as I had already changed my major 2 or 3 times and was now digging through the details of Engineering. One thing I did know though was that I would be married in a couple of years because almost everyone got married shortly after college and that would certainly be over for me by 22.

By 23 I knew different. My four year degree was stretching but adding summers, I would make it out just in time....the husband though was no where to be seen. As I began to think about careers and finding a job my stomach began to churn and I just wasn't sure the working world was where I wanted to be just yet.

By 25 I found myself with one year of more than free graduate school under my belt and a job that I loved in a place I never thought I would get to go (but won $100 for getting to....ask Kari). I had spent 2 summers in a place 2800 miles from home and a bit out of the norm for me and found a whole new side of myself that I never knew I had.


At 27 I would say life has not been any of what I would have predicted. I did not become a trash collector or an athletic trainer and I don't still live with my parents. No one would guess I was ever on the danceline and I certainly am not going to recreate the moves. I am not married...I feel like I know less than I ever have. My mission field is a corporate headquarter and my passionate work a non-profit ministry.

What then should I conclude??? Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand. Proverbs 19:21 God is greater! I would not change one thing....in fact, I am so glad that the LORD's purposes prevail because His plans are supreme. I see the clear thread the LORD has strung through my life gently but sometimes firmly directing me back to Him.

What will the next 27 years hold? I have NO IDEA! I wouldn't even want to guess because I could never put my finger on it. All I can do is hold tight to the hand of the LORD and FOLLOW! Faithfully FOLLOW!