That is the theme of my life that I am currently trying to grasp. What does it look like to fully devote your life to the Lord. I have a strong desire to want to see exactly what God has for me in every moment of my life, but I struggle with deciphering what His voice sounds like sometimes. I know that this is only an expression of my lack of faith in Him.
I am currently wrestling with the choice of changing my major just a month into college. I am currently in Business Marketing and have fun dreams of being a buyer for a major department store, basically playing with clothes all the time. Though this is a worthy dream and aspiration, my dream has changed over the past month and a half. I think that the Lord is leading me to politics. I really saw a lot of things changing in my heart and my passion and interested becoming fully enthralled with the inner workings or government and wondering how change ( I almost never want to say this word, because of our little friend Barack, but I have a point and goal in change that I will now express, unlike Mr. Obama :) ). I have a passion for America and what it could be, I see a lot of potential in our legislation and to be honest I cannot tell you exactly what I feel the Lord wants me to focus on within the arena, but the Lord is big, bigger than politics.
Little things have blessings and comforts from the Lord, so I wanted to share them.
1. I decided in June to enroll in a Political Science class just to see if I liked it, and I love it. It is very hard, but fascinating and for some weird reason gets me really excited!
2. I had been praying that I would meet like minded people who like politics. So, get ready for the list.
- First day of my Public Speaking class my teacher informs us of her strong love for the Lord and love for politics, she runs a little thing called College Republicans.
- My RA is a Political Science Major
- I met a girl at a party who loves the Lord and loves politics and talked to me for awhile about the reality of going into the field.
- A friend of mine in Comp class is Political Science major
- A guy in my speech class gave a whole speech about how he felt the Lord was calling him into politics.
3. A little thing that was extremely random, but gave me chills was at Breakaway last Tuesday
- We were singing a song about feeling broken and tired and lost in what the Lord has for us and the powerpoint picture in the background was a picture of the capitol. I almost cried over a powerpoint.
God is good, He is a plan and I am freaked out and thrilled about it.
I am continuing to seek the Lord's face in my decisions, because so far He has been beyond faithful to listen to a little girls heart and prayers.
With Love,
Lauren
4 comments:
God is so good! : )
I just did a study a being devoted to Jesus. I was so blessed!
May the Lord show Himself to you in every detail...
All for Him,
Julie
I am glad you have a blog Lauren! Jeff and I have also been discussing a lot around our house about how involved Christians should be in politics.
We know our founding fathers were Christians and VERY involved in politics. I believe the political arena needs MANY MORE TRUE Christians in politics. Not church goers, but Christ followers!
I will pray for your decision in this and pray that God's leading is clear in your heart and mind! Sounds like there has been some confirmation already with all of those people you named off.
Politics would be a great direction for you to go with your life. You sure would be a fashionable politician!
It sounds like you are listening to Him.
"Mrs. Fisher" Loves you! Keep up the blogging!
Lauren --
Reading your post made me SO EXCITED FOR YOU! I have never been interested in politics, but have recently found myself thrown into the political arena because of the heart that God has given me for those who have no political influence or voice. There is a very real need for Christian politicians at every level of government. I will be praying for you as God reveals His will to you. Again, I am SO EXCITED FOR YOU!
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