"Be still and know that I am God..."

God is so good. He is a faithful, loving God who truly wants His people to be happy. I am so grateful for the work God has done and is continuing to do in me.

One thing God has been reminding me of lately is the fact that His plan will bring me joy that will surpass any expectations that I might have. For quite sometime I have dreamed of one day moving to Washington, DC and busily working away in a Congressional office. I just KNEW that this was God's plan for my life. I would get my degree, move to DC, and make my mark on Capitol Hill.

Over the last few months God has been ever so softly speaking to me. At first I did not want to hear what He was saying... I had my plans, and nothing was going to change my mind! God, being indeed all-knowing, knew that He could speak to me through music, and that that would be a sure-fire way of getting my attention. He chose to speak to me through the old hymn, Take My Life. The verse that says "take my will, it is thine own; it shall be thy royal throne" spoke to me deeply. I realized that I had gotten so caught up in my own plans that I had forgotten to truly continue to seek God's will for my future.

While I firmly believe that God has given me a passion for politics and other conservative organizations and has equipped me for such a career path, I also believe that I need to continually seek God and His will for my future. God has reminded me that my ultimate goal in life is glorify Him, and as John Piper says in his book, Don't Waste Your Life, "God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him." My prayer is that my focus would be on God's will for my life, not just my own personal goals.