A calling . . .
It is funny how we are certain what our path is, and then God comes in and tells us he is going to change our direction. I personally have tried the college path more than once and failed. I had myself psyched out that I was not college material for the longest time. I had actually given up the idea of ever obtaining my degree. God said, don't give up because I am not done with you yet. That is when he put Full Sail University directly in the middle of my path. I am a firm believer, that God used Full Sail as a tool to prove to me that the very thought I had been saying to myself for so long was simply not true.
For the last 7 months I have been pursuing a Sports Marketing degree at Full Sail University. I could not be more thankful for the professors, classmates and student liaison staff at Full Sail University. They have helped me achieve a 4.0 GPA through hard work, adversity and there may or may not have been a conversation with the Lord mixed in there. I was just getting ready to start storytelling in marketing class when God put something on my heart.
I was not sure what to do with the feeling he put on my heart. So I did what any normal person would do, I prayed. Then, I prayed some more. I started making it a point to listen extra hard for God's voice on what he wanted me to do. I started going with my son every Sunday morning and sharing coffee with him. We talked about our struggles, and the things that were challenging us. It turned out to be one of the best things we had ever done. It is funny, when we truly start listening, I mean really listening to God, his voice is so loud.
Be careful when you ask God for an answer, because he is surely to answer. Psalm 37:4-5 says "Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act." So that is exactly what I did. I cannot tell you how I feel when I talk about my God and make him the center point. It is a feeling like no other and if you ever want to share it with me, then you can drop me a line any time. I have started putting a daily scripture out on my social media platforms to try and get God's word out on the platform I have. I feel like for the first time in a long time, I know the direction that I am supposed to be going.
That being said, I am working on transferring to Grand Canyon University to get my Bachelor of Arts in Christian Studies with an emphasis on youth leadership. It looks like all my credits are going to transfer to the new school and GCU is going to let me do the program with alternating core classes and classes with my major. We are in a time now where we need God in our hearts more than ever. The media out there wants us to be divided, but God wants us to pull together to be the body of Christ. I am not expecting this to be an easy path. In fact, I believe it will be quite the opposite. It will be a challenge both in my academics and my personal life. I say that, because when you start making Jesus Christ the center of your mind and the cornerstone of your decisions, the enemy tends to get stirred up and do whatever he can do to try and make you fail. But MY GOD is bigger than that. MY GOD is up to any challenge that the enemy can come up with. MY GOD didn't call me to this challenge to watch me fall on my face. He will be the light on my path when it gets dark and the strength to lift me up when I get tired.
Do yourself a favor today and make it a point to start listening for God's voice. I promise you, he will be there. Make it a point to start being a positive beacon in a world that is full of negativity. Start telling people how God has changed your life and how he makes you feel if that is the case. As usual, go out there and be a blessing to someone today. We are all part of the same body. Now is the time for us to start working together.
















