So I’ve always been very sure of God’s calling for my life. I felt like I was supposed to go to school, finish school earlier than expected, and the work in Duke Children’s Hospital. I thought I was supposed to live a fairly “normal” life by today’s perspective. The American Dream as some would call it. I have always had a plan for my life; one so in detail it became somewhat inflexible to let God work in my life. I never second-guessed my plan, until now.
For along time I have felt that there had to be something more to my life than going to school, working, and then dying. I have felt I was here for some greater purpose. One night I was surfing the Internet and came across some information about the Peace Corp. It struck a nerve in me. All of a sudden I had the need to do something bigger in my life than I had ever planned on. Knowing that due to all of my medical issues the Peace Corp would probably not be an option to me, I continued to research Peace Corp alternatives. Then I came across a missionary opportunity called The World Race. I had actually heard about this event earlier in the year at a FCA event where our speaker was a former Methodist graduate who was about to embark on the program
If you don’t know any thing about The World Race, it is an 11-month mission trip to 11 different countries where you share the word of God and minister to people all around the world. I was a little skeptical at first because I am a long term missions fan for various reasons (but that is a different article for a different time). Although my bias, something about this opportunity drew me in. There was this something inside of me that said, "Faith, you have to look into this." So I researched it and discovered how there mission sites are continuously supported and its not just missionaries come in for a short time and leave, they have groups continuously coming in to help. I began to consider taking a gap year between undergraduate and PT school to go on this journey (which is something I never would have considered in a million years just two weeks ago). Shortly after I began praying for clarity on what I thought could be God’s call for my life, I had an idea. Well I don’t believe it was my idea, I believe it was an idea straight from God because I never could have thought it up on my own. It involved my future career and how I could use a Physical Therapy degree to help underserved populations both domestically and abroad. That was when I realized God was about to wreck my plans completely. And I was glad.
Sometimes God works in strange ways. Sometimes when we pray for God to take us out of our comfort zone, he does it by wrecking our plans, and that is beautiful. When you let God take over the plans of your life, you will experience a peace about your future and you will be able to breath. This peace you experience is because you have finally realized life is too big for you to handle on your own, so you let God step in and carry you. In life you never know where God will lead you. You never know what surprises he has waiting around the corner, and who knows, he might just wreck your plans. So I ask you, please stay open to God’s plan for your life, because he knows what is best for us better than we do. He can see the big picture. So just take a deep breath, dive in, and let God wreck your plans….because it will be beautiful.
