One Step At A Time

Where am I supposed to go with my life? What am I supposed to do? What career do I want? Can I see myself marrying this person or that one?

If I'm right, and I usually am about these sorts of things, those questions have run through your mind, at least once in your life. Especially since starting college, I have found myself constantly thinking about the future, those questions in particular. The thoughts typically gear toward my job and my family. I am always thinking about how my career will affect my family, or if I really like this guy enough to marry him because if not, then why date him?
REALITY CHECK.
God has got this. Stop trying to plan out your life, piece by piece. He knows exactly who we are going to marry, what career we are going to have, where we are going to live, all of it. He knows all the answers, and He has already written your story. So, my reminder to you is to take everything one day at a time. Better yet, one step at a time. Trust in God, He knows the plans He has for you.
Often, when we are always looking ahead, we miss out on what is right in front of us. So many wonderful things happen in God's creation every day, but our vision is usually clouded by our tunnel to the future that we miss out on it all. So take the time, everyday, to stop and look around. Focus on what is happening today. Don't look back; Don't look forward, but just figure out today. And always, pray. God will put that joy in your life.

"Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths." Psalm 25: 4

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To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy…is to set our own conditions to the events of each day. To do this is to condition circumstances instead of being conditioned by them.--Ralph Waldo Emerson

We all have that one friend, or maybe you ARE that one friend, who is perfect at everything, who doesn't even have to try. Those of us on the other end of that spectrum kind of dislike that person at times, and when you spend the majority of your time with them, it can just drive you insane, much less crush your hopes of ever being better. With that being said, there is still no reason that you cannot be happy. As Emerson says, "set our own conditions to the events of each day". Do not let that thought make you unhappy because to God, we are all the same. No one is better than anyone else in his eyes. We are all sinners. Nobody is perfect, not even that friend who might seem like they are. We are all our own person. So, be proud of who you are, and do not be distressed if you cannot be like someone else. Be yourself, and in that you will truly find the joy in life.