What Do You Wanna BE?

Everyone always asks me, "Delaney, what do you want to be when you grow up?" So here it is...

Growing up most people have this great idea planned for their life. But for some reason when they start looking at colleges and careers they decide that maybe they can settle for less. Why would you ever decide to make your life any less than the best? Maybe it comes from the lack of confidence or maturity. Or maybe, just maybe, it comes from feeling like you have some control over what your life is going to be for so long, then realizing that you really don't want that control.

The thing about control is that there is always something that is uncontrollable. There is always an outside force that makes you realize how little control you really have. You can "control" a car, but you can't control whether or not that car backfires. I have never seen a car with a "no backfire" button next to the AC controls. Of course you can take precautions that will most likely prevent that from happening, but when you get right down to it, there isn't much you can do other than be a intelligent car owner.

Although this all seems very depressing there is one factor in life that I haven't mentioned yet, and that is the Creator.

 The preparations of the heart belong to man,
But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

² All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,
But the Lord weighs the spirits.

³ Commit your works to the Lord,
And your thoughts will be established.

 Proverbs 16:1-3

When you're in high school you are pressured to decide so many things even though you are only a teenager. It was only a few years ago that our gender counterparts had cooties. But when you realize that you really don't have to do anything alone you become reassured.

One thing that I believe is important for everyone to realize is that God is not in control of you. Everything that happens in your life is because of the decisions that you make. But when you trust in God and obey his will you are in line with his will for you. When God created us he wanted us to have free will or we would just be robots praising him, he wanted to see us happy, but because we are sometimes foolish we have chosen the wrong things sometimes and that is why we can be unhappy. 

My dad loves me so much and I know that he only wants the best for me. He warns me when I do something dangerous, and because I believe that I know best he has to sit back and watch me fall. But I know that my daddy will always be there for me when I get hurt, and he will comfort me and not be condescending. That is exactly how God feels about each of us. Not only with sinning, but when we make poor decisions for our future. But not only does he comfort us, he creates a new perfect plan, he understands that through this free will, we will make mistakes and he uses his grace to help us.

⁸ Better is a little with righteousness,
Than vast revenues without justice

Proverbs 16:8 

What I get from this is that when we do what is good and right in God's eyes we will have so much more success than if we do what is good and right in our own eyes. That is a hard pill to swallow. We want to do great things with out lives, it's human nature to want the best possible for our life.Only God knows. Rather than worrying about what is gonna happen after college, trust in the Lord, obey his commands and strive to live a God-centered life. 


So, back to the question of, "Delaney, what do you want to be when you grow up?"

I want to be the woman that God has planned for me. I'm not completely sure what or who that is yet, but I know that I will find out soon. So, this is my journey though high school.