Heading back to school from a long holiday break is always bittersweet. It’s sad to leave family once again and head back to the mounds of school and work waiting for us on campus, but the reunions with your best friends all ready to take on 2018, make it all worth it. Yet, one question always looms over my head when I step back onto my college campus ready for another semester. A question I was asked about a thousand times over: “What are your plans after college?”

I. Do. Not. Know.

Sorry if that's not ambitious enough for ya. But honestly, I have no idea where I will be or what I will be doing after college. I’ll be graduated, that’s what I’ll be doing. Besides that, it’s a vast unknown that I don’t even really bother planning. There are so many options, so many things yet to explore, so many things I could find my passion in (the beauty and curse of a business degree). There’s no way I could possibly have it figured out, not until I get out there and dip my toes into the great unknown. Until then, I don’t bother planning and quite honestly I’m not too worried about it.

God does have a plan.

It doesn’t matter what my plan is, because He has His own and it’s 100 times more incredible than mine could ever be. At one point I had a plan, and it was all set in stone. I graduated high school, and was at my college orientation at a state college. I had a dorm assignment, scholarships, and courses all lined up. Then poof, just like that, God changed my heart in the middle of a random dorm room and I packed up and left the next day. I choose my current college on a whim and so last minute, but I’ve loved and cherished every second I’ve spent here, because I know God intervened and sent me here on purpose.

So do I have a plan? Nope. Am I worried? Nope. And you shouldn’t be either.

This isn’t to say you shouldn’t have goals and an image of your future. You should still work hard and put in the effort to strive for something ahead of you, but it’s okay to not know the specifics. It’s okay to not know exactly what city you want to be in, what company you want to work for, what title you want to have, how many pets your going to own. Who knows, maybe God wants you in a completely random city with 5 cats, when you wanted to stay in your hometown with 2 dogs. Who knows who you're going to meet and where that relationship could lead you, or even what business connections you might make and where a job could take you. It's impossible to know, so why waste time stressing over it? Let God calm your anxious heart.

God has got you covered, and all you have to do is trust Him. Maybe you’ve found your God given passion and you’re already on your way in sync with God’s plan, or maybe you’re like I was, walking away from something set in stone to search out the great unknown. The secret? God is in the great unknown. He’s always one step ahead, and He’s always going to be there to light the path for you. Wherever He takes you, He will be there and His plans are worth the wait.